Socioeconomic status and chronic stress. Does stress account for SES effects on health?

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 896, Issue , 1999, Pages 131-144

  Baum, Andrew ^a   Garofalo, J P ^a   Yali, Ann Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRIME; CROWDING; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH STATUS; HOME; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NOISE POLLUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS; WELLBEING;

EID: 0033398174     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb08111.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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