Cumulative stress and autonomic dysregulation in a community sample

Stress

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 269-279

  Lampert, Rachel ^a   Tuit, Keri ^a   Hong, Kwang Ik ^a   Donovan, Theresa ^a   Lee, Forrester ^a   Sinha, Rajita ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adversity; Autonomic nervous system; Heart rate variability; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE LIFE EVENT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CHRONIC STRESS; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; STRESS ASSESSMENT; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HEART RATE; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84975783232     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: 16078888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10253890.2016.1174847     Document Type: Article

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