Differences in resting cardiovascular parameters in 10- to 15-year-old children of different ethnicity: The contribution of physiological and psychological factors

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 163-170

  Van Rooyen, Johannes M ^a   Nienaber, Alida W ^a   Huisman, Hugo W ^a   Schutte, Aletta E ^a   Malan, Nico T ^a   Schutte, Rudolph ^a   Malan, Leonè ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH STATUS; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOUTH AFRICA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URBANIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 9644310363     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324796abm2803_4     Document Type: Article

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