Looking beyond age and race: The structure of networks, functions of support, and chronic stress

Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 469-470

  Berkman, Lisa F ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; NOTE; RACE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGE FACTORS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMANS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031226465     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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