Community stress, demoralization, and body mass index: Evidence for social signal transduction

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2467-2478

  Wallace, Deborah ^b   Wallace, Rodrick ^a   Rauh, Virginia ^c  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b PISCS Inc   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Body mass index; Chronic community stress; Demoralization; Household economic deprivation; Social signal transduction; USA

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MORALITY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRENATAL PERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDIZATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; STRESS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MORALE; NEW YORK CITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0037692906     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00282-4     Document Type: Article

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