Pathways to resilience: Maternal nurturance as a buffer against the effects of childhood poverty on metabolic syndrome at midlife

Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1591-1599

  Miller, Gregory E ^a   Lachman, Margie E ^b   Chen, Edith ^a   Gruenewald, Tara L ^c   Karlamangla, Arun S ^c   Seeman, Teresa E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

childhood development; health; socioeconomic status; stress reactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055069822     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611419170     Document Type: Article

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