Stress and illness in adolescence: Issues of race and gender

Adolescence

Volumn 32, Issue 128, 1997, Pages 838-853

  Baldwin, Debora R ^c   Harris, Shanette M ^a   Chambliss, Lana N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031302106     PISSN: 00018449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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