Environmental hazards and stress: Evidence from the Texas City Stress and Health Study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 792-798

  Peek, M K ^a   Cutchin, M P ^b   Freeman, D ^a   Stowe, R P ^a   Goodwin, J S ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARLY ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 6; VIRUS CAPSID ANTIGEN;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH SURVEY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PETROLEUM; PUBLIC OPINION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEXAS; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349451598     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2008.079806     Document Type: Article

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