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

By:

Larkin, Kevin T

Contributor(s):

ebrary, Inc

Series: Current perspectives in psychologyPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2005.Description: x, 406 p. : illSubject(s):

Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

DDC classification:

616.1/32 22

LOC classification:

RC685.H8 L2585 2005eb

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An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

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.

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Holdings: http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10169980

Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-397) and index.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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