Psychophysiological risk markers of cardiovascular disease

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 76-83

  Hamer, Mark ^a   Malan, Leone ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Blood pressure; Cardiovascular; Individual differences; Mental stress; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LIFE STRESS; LIFESTYLE; MENTAL STRESS; NEGRO; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RACE; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION;

ALLOSTASIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LIPID METABOLISM; OBESITY; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77955869696     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2009.11.004     Document Type: Review

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