Neuroendocrine biomarkers, social relations, and the cumulative costs of stress in Taiwan

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 507-519

  Gersten, Omer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN; PRASTERONE SULFATE;

BIOMARKER; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HORMONE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; URINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HYPOTHESIS; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; LIFE HISTORY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; SEX; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS; TAIWAN; TIME; URINALYSIS; WEIGHT; WIDOW;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLOSTASIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; EPINEPHRINE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NOREPINEPHRINE; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAIWAN;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 37249093577     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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