Cardiovascular, cortisol and coping responses in urban Africans: The SAPBA study

Cardiovascular Journal of Africa

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 28-33

  Meyburgh, D ^a   Malan, L ^a   Van Rooyen, J M ^a   Potgieter, J C ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africans; Cardiovascular; Coping; Cortisol; Responses

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE SODIUM; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA ANALYSIS; STROOP TEST; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BLACK PERSON; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE;

EID: 84857264941     PISSN: 19951892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5830/CVJA-2010-101     Document Type: Article

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