Social stressors, mental health, and physiological stress in an urban elite of young Afghans in Kabul

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 627-641

  Panter Brick, Catherine ^a   Eggerman, Mark ^a   Mojadidi, Aman ^b   McDade, Thomas W ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ALTAI Consulting   (Afghanistan)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHECKLIST; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRESS; STUDENT; URBAN AREA; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY CONFLICT; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN POPULATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58849089059     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20797     Document Type: Article

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