Sexual assault, sexual harassment linked to higher long-term hypertension risk in women

 

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/943885

 

 News Release 22-Feb-2022
Journal of the American Heart Association Report
Peer-Reviewed Publication
American Heart Association

 

Women who have experienced sexual assault, workplace sexual harassment or both are at higher long-term risk of developing hypertension than women who have no history of these types of trauma, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, a peer-reviewed, open access journal of the American Heart Association.

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