Dressler, William W.; Mata, Alfonso; Chavez, Adolfo; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 24 (1987) 8, pp. 679-687
The relationship between changes in individual behavior and arterial blood pressure was studied in a town in central Mexico. Two models relating modern behaviors and blood pressure were examined. The first, or 'accretion model' suggests that any adoption of modern behaviors results in stress and...