Psychosocial Risk Factors for Hypertension: an Update of the Literature

Current Hypertension Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Cuffee, Yendelela ^a   Ogedegbe, Chinwe ^b   Williams, Natasha J ^a   Ogedegbe, Gbenga ^a   Schoenthaler, Antoinette ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Housing instability; Incident hypertension; Mental health; Occupational stress; Psychosocial factors; Review; Sleep quality; Social support

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HOUSING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JOB STRESS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; PERSONALITY; REVIEW; SLEEP QUALITY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84930278529     PISSN: 15226417     EISSN: 15343111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11906-014-0483-3     Document Type: Review

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