Interactive model of women's stressors, personality traits and health problems

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 249-258

  Kenney, Janet W ^a,b   Bhattacharjee, Anu ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Illness symptoms; Interactive health model; Personality traits; Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI); Stressors; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MODEL; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NURSING; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0034223558     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2000.01464.x     Document Type: Article

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