Blood Pressure Dipping and Urban Stressors in Young Adult African Americans

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 622-627

  Mellman, Thomas A ^a   Brown, Tyish S Hall ^a   Kobayashi, Ihori ^a   Abu Bader, Soleman H ^b   Lavela, Joseph ^a   Altaee, Duaa ^a   McLaughlin, Latesha ^a   Randall, Otelio S ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Blood pressure dipping; Neighborhood disorder; Posttraumatic stress; Sleep

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937631146     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12160-014-9684-x     Document Type: Article

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