Autonomic responses to stress in Black versus Caucasian Africans: The SABPA Study

Psychophysiology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 454-461

  Reimann, Manja ^a   Hamer, Mark ^b   Schlaich, Markus ^c   Malan, Nicolaas T ^d   Rüdiger, Heinz ^a   Ziemssen, Tjalf ^a   Malan, Leoné ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cognition; Ethnicity; Heart rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858703193     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2011.01328.x     Document Type: Article

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