Unfair treatment and trait anger in relation to nighttime ambulatory blood pressure in African American and white adolescents

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 813-820

  Beatty, Danielle L ^a   Matthews, Karen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; Hypertension.; Socioeconomic status; Traitanger; Unfair treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANGER; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL STATUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANGER; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POVERTY; PREJUDICE; RACE RELATIONS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 70350128465     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181b3b6f8     Document Type: Article

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