Cumulative impact of sustained economic hardship on physical, cognitive, psychological, and social functioning

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 337, Issue 26, 1997, Pages 1889-1895

  Lynch, John W ^a   Kaplan, George A ^a   Shema, Sarah J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WELLBEING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CAUSALITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 0031435838     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199712253372606     Document Type: Article

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