The path traveled and the path ahead for the allostatic framework: A rejoinder on the framework's importance and the need for further work related to theory, data, and measurement

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 531-535

  Gersten, Omer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allostasis; Allostatic load (AL); Homeostasis; Neuroendocrine biomarkers; Stress

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BIOMARKER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH WORK; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ALLOSTATIC FRAMEWORK; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMESIS; LIFE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSIOLOGY; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY; WORK;

EID: 37249069040     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.09.017     Document Type: Article

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