Allostatic load and clinical risk as related to sense of coherence in middle-aged women

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 801-807

  Lindfors, Petra ^a   Lundberg, Olle ^a   Lundberg, Ulf ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allostatic load; Clinical risk; Medical examination; Salutogenesis; Sense of coherence; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33748997651     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.psy.0000232267.56605.22     Document Type: Article

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