Race differences in age-trends of autonomic nervous system functioning

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 839-862

  Fuller Rowell, Thomas E ^a   Williams, David R ^b   Love, Gayle D ^a   McKinley, Paula S ^c   Sloan, Richard P ^b   Ryff, Carol D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

African American; autonomic nervous system; health disparities; heart rate variability; stress reactivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CAUCASIAN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; STRESS REACTIVITY; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; HEALTH DISPARITIES; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; STRESS REACTIVITY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883416088     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264313491427     Document Type: Article

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