Price of adaptation - Allostatic load and its health consequences: MacArthur studies of successful aging

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 2259-2268

  Seeman, Teresa E ^a   Singer, Burton H ^b   Rowe, John W ^c   Horwitz, Ralph I ^d   McEwen, Bruce S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK;

EID: 0030799116     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.157.19.2259     Document Type: Article

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