Urban stress and health in developing countries: Development and validation of a neighborhood stress index for India

Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 77-86

  Suchday, Sonia ^a   Kapur, Suman ^b   Ewart, Craig K ^c   Friedberg, Jennifer P ^d  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Birla Institute for Technology and Science

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Health; Hostility; India; Neighborhood stress; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CITY STRESS INVENTORY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MALE; MONEY; RATING SCALE; SMOKING; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS; TOBACCO; URBAN AREA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33750448995     PISSN: 08964289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/BMED.32.3.77-86     Document Type: Article

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