Do chronic stressors lead to physiological dysregulation? Testing the theory of allostatic load

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 769-776

  Glei, Dana A ^a,e   Goldman, Noreen ^b   Chuang, Yi Li ^c   Weinstein, Maxine ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Health   (Taiwan)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allostatic load; Chronic stressors; Perceived stress; Physiological dysregulation; Stressful experiences; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLESTEROL; DOPAMINE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 6; NORADRENALIN; PRASTERONE SULFATE; SOMATOMEDIN C; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; NEUROENDOCRINE DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGICAL DYSREGULATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; TAIWAN; URINALYSIS;

EID: 37349006873     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e318157cba6     Document Type: Article

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