Association between psychosocial stress and hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Neurological Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 573-580

  Liu, Mei Yan ^a   Li, Na ^a   Li, William A ^b   Khan, Hajra ^b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; depression; hypertension; meta analysis; occupational stress; Psychological stress

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHRONIC STRESS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DEPRESSION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JOB STRESS; MENTAL STRESS; META ANALYSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CHRONIC DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANXIETY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85017660283     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: 17431328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01616412.2017.1317904     Document Type: Article

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