Women's daily physical health symptoms and stressful experiences across adulthood

Psychology and Health

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 389-403

  Mallers, Melanie Horn ^a   Almeida, David M ^b   Neupert, Shevaun D ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adulthood; Daily health symptoms; Psychosocial factors; Stress; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444492891     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870440512331317698     Document Type: Article

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