Elevated blood pressure and self-reported symptom complaints, daily hassles, and defensiveness
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Reliability of self-reported blood pressure measurements.
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Behavioral Medicine
سال: 1999
ISSN: 1070-5503,1532-7558
DOI: 10.1207/s15327558ijbm0602_5