Sex Differences in the Prediction of Metabolic Burden from Physiological Responses to Stress

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 112-127

  Gentile, Christina ^a,b   Dragomir, Anda Ioana ^a,b   Solomon, Crina ^a   Nigam, Anil ^a,b   D’Antono, Bianca ^a,b  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Individual differences; Metabolic burden; Physiological reactivity recovery; Prospective; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84923224063     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: 15324796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12160-014-9639-2     Document Type: Article

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