The Role of Adverse Childhood Experiences in Cardiovascular Disease Risk: a Review with Emphasis on Plausible Mechanisms

Current Cardiology Reports

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Su, Shaoyong ^a   Jimenez, Marcia P ^b   Roberts, Cole T F ^b   Loucks, Eric B ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse childhood experiences; Cardiovascular disease; Childhood maltreatment; Depression; Intervention; Risky behaviors

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD ABUSE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONALITY; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEART STRESS; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL STRESS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP; SMOKING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; COMPLICATION; CRIME VICTIM; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DRUG DEPENDENCE; LIFE EVENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; TIME FACTOR;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CRIME VICTIMS; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84939611621     PISSN: 15233782     EISSN: 15343170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11886-015-0645-1     Document Type: Review

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