Associations between transition-specific stress experience, nocturnal decline in ambulatory blood pressure, and C-reactive protein levels among transgender men

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 52-61

  Dubois, L Zachary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSSEXUALISM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MASSACHUSETTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSSEXUALISM; VERMONT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83555163601     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22203     Document Type: Article

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