Stress, Cortisol, and Nighttime Blood Pressure Dipping in Nonhypertensive Black American Women

Biological Research for Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 330-337

  Barksdale, Debra J ^a   Woods Giscombé, Cheryl ^a   Logan, Jeongok G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Black American women; blood pressure; blood pressure dipping; cortisol; hypertension; stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN; ARTICLE; BLACK AMERICAN WOMEN; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DIPPING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; STRESS;

AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN; BLACK AMERICAN WOMEN; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DIPPING; CORTISOL; HYPERTENSION; STRESS;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84878769858     PISSN: 10998004     EISSN: 15524175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1099800411433291     Document Type: Article

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