Self-reported racial discrimination and endothelial reactivity to acute stress in women

Stress and Health

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 214-221

  Wagner, Julie A ^a   Tennen, Howard ^a   Finan, Patrick H ^b   Ghuman, Nimrta ^a   Burg, Matthew M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Discrimination; Endothelial function; Racism; Reactivity; Stress

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ACUTE STRESS; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET RESTRICTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL ARITHMETIC; MENTAL STRESS; MINORITY GROUP; NEUROSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; POSTMENOPAUSE; RACISM; SELF REPORT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 84881375234     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.2449     Document Type: Article

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