Culture Change and Stress in Western Samoan Youth: Methodological Issues in the Cross-Cultural Study of Stress and Immune Function 1

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 792-802

  Mcdade, Thomas W ^a   Stallings, Joy F ^b   Worthman, Carol M ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001511235     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1520-6300(200011/12)12:6<792::aid-ajhb7>3.0.co;2-f     Document Type: Article

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