Status incongruity in Samoan youth: A biocultural analysis of culture change, stress, and immune function

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 123-150

  Mcdade, Thomas W ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Psychoneuroimmunology; South Pacific; Status inconsistency; Westernization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; REVIEW; SAMOA; SOCIAL CLASS;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SAMOA; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0036596314     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.2002.16.2.123     Document Type: Article

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