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Author Larkin, Kevin T.

Title Stress and hypertension [electronic resource] : examining the relation between psychological stress and high blood pressure / Kevin T. Larkin.

Imprint New Haven : Yale University Press, c2005.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description x, 406 p. : ill.
Series Current perspectives in psychology
Current perspectives in psychology.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-397) and index.
Contents Introduction: the case of Franklin -- Regulation of blood pressure -- Measurement of blood pressure -- Models of stress -- Stress and essential hypertension -- Acute stress responses : how do environmental stressors lead to essential hypertension? -- Individual differences and essential hypertension : constitutional and lifestyle factors -- Individual differences and essential hypertension : psychological and social factors -- Treatment and prevention of essential hypertension -- Conclusions and future directions.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Essential hypertension -- Etiology.
Stress (Psychology)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0300106440 (cloth : alk. paper)

 
    
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