Allostatic load among non-hispanic whites, non-hispanic blacks, and people of mexican origin: Effects of ethnicity, nativity, and acculturation

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 940-946

  Kristen Peek, M ^a   Cutchin, Malcolm P ^b   Salinas, Jennifer J ^c,d   Sheffield, Kristin M ^a   Eschbach, Karl ^e   Stowe, Raymond P ^a,f   Goodwin, James S ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d Brownsville Regional Campus ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^f Microgen Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ALLOSTASIS; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLOSTASIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; TEXAS;

EID: 77951235873     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.129312     Document Type: Article

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