Socioeconomic status and health: A neurobiological perspective

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 222-227

  Roy, Jean Pierre ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AGGRESSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANGER; ANXIETY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BRAIN; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; HEALTH; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MATURITY ONSET DIABETES MELLITUS; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHAME; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1342310854     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(03)00315-3     Document Type: Article

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