Can social support be translated into health? A missing link in clinical practice

Hong Kong Practitioner

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 290-296

  Lau, B W K ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD CLOTTING; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METHODOLOGY; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS;

EID: 0034908659     PISSN: 10273948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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