Insulin and glucose: Relationships with hassles, anger, and hostility in nondiabetic older adults

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 489-499

  Vitaliano, Peter P ^a   Scanlan, James M ^a   Krenz, Claudia ^a   Fujimoto, Wilfred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

anger; caregivers; glucose; hassles; hormone replacement therapy; insulin

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANGER; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GENDER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH STATUS; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

EID: 0029821844     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-199609000-00011     Document Type: Article

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