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Autonomic Function Testing

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Handbook of Research Methods in Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine

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Many lines of evidence suggest that behavioral and neuroendocrine factors are related to cardiovascular disease and hypertension. Methods of testing cardiovascular autonomic function can provide an explanation to the relationship between behavioral factors and cardiovascular disease. Successful treatments can then be developed based on that knowledge.

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Dunlap, E.D., Pfeifer, M.A. (1989). Autonomic Function Testing. In: Schneiderman, N., Weiss, S.M., Kaufmann, P.G. (eds) Handbook of Research Methods in Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine. The Springer Series in Behavioral Psychophysiology and Medicine. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0906-0_6

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