Hierarchies of life histories and associated health risks

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 896, Issue , 1999, Pages 96-115

  Singer, Burton ^a   Ryff, Carol D ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CHOLESTEROL; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NORADRENALIN;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; INTIMACY; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 0033398698     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb08108.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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