Challenges and opportunities for integrative health research in the context of culture: A commentary on Gersten

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 520-524

  McDade, Thomas W ^a  

^a Department of Anthropology   (United States)

Author keywords

Allostatic load; Culture; Health; Neuroendocrine allostatic load (NAL); Neuroendocrine biomarkers; Social relations; Stress; Taiwan; USA

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE; HEALTH CARE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH WORK;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BIOMEDICINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; HEALTH; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MODEL; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 37249047038     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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