Psychological distress-pathophysiology of newly developed hypertension after the Great East Japan Earthquake

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Hiroshima City Asa Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan. nagai10m@r6.dion.ne.jp.
² Department of Cardiology, Hiroshima City Asa Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan.

Editorial

Michiaki Nagai et al. Hypertens Res. 2022 Oct.

. 2022 Oct;45(10):1664-1666.

doi: 10.1038/s41440-022-00989-y. Epub 2022 Aug 5.

¹ Department of Cardiology, Hiroshima City Asa Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan. nagai10m@r6.dion.ne.jp.
² Department of Cardiology, Hiroshima City Asa Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan.

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Keywords: Central autonomic network; Drinking; Evacuation; Hypertension; Obesity; Sympathetic nervous system.

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Impact of lifestyle and psychosocial factors on the onset of hypertension after the Great East Japan earthquake: a 7-year follow-up of the Fukushima Health Management Survey.
Kobari E, Tanaka K, Nagao M, Okazaki K, Hayashi F, Kazama S, Ohira T, Yasumura S, Shimabukuro M, Maeda M, Sakai A, Yabe H, Hosoya M, Takahashi A, Harigane M, Ohto H, Kamiya K, Kazama JJ. Kobari E, et al. Hypertens Res. 2022 Oct;45(10):1609-1621. doi: 10.1038/s41440-022-00968-3. Epub 2022 Jun 28. Hypertens Res. 2022. PMID: 35764670

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