Stress response in female veterans: An allostatic perspective

Rehabilitation Nursing

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 96-104

  Groër, Maureen Wimberly ^a   Burns, Candace ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allostasis; Gender; Stress; Veterans

Indexed keywords

EID: 67249092982     PISSN: 02784807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2048-7940.2009.tb00263.x     Document Type: Article

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