Socioeconomic status, race, and diurnal cortisol decline in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-50

  Cohen, Sheldon ^a   Schwartz, Joseph E ^b   Epel, Elissa ^c   Kirschbaum, Clemens ^d   Sidney, Steve ^e   Seeman, Teresa ^f  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Cortisol; Health behavior; Social networks; Social support; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SALIVA LEVEL; SMOKING; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33744458191     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.psy.0000195967.51768.ea     Document Type: Article

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