Structured psychosocial stress and the US obesity epidemic

Journal of Biological Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 363-384

  Wallace, Rodrick ^a,c   Wallace, Deborah N ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c PISCS Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Deindustrialization; Deurbanization; Hierarchy; Information Theory; Obesity; Phase Transition; Social Dominance

Indexed keywords

EID: 28844478521     PISSN: 02183390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218339005001574     Document Type: Article

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