The cost of coping: A cardio-neuro-metabolic risk for black South Africans?

Cardiovascular Journal of Africa

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 183-185

  Leoné, Malan ^a   Malan, N T ^a   Du Plessis, A ^a   Wissing, M P ^a   Potgieter, J C ^a   Seedat, Y K ^b  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COPING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL; BLACK PERSON; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; SOUTH AFRICA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 77955862761     PISSN: 19951892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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