Neighborhood-level stressors, social support, and diurnal patterns of cortisol: The Chicago Community Adult Health Study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1038-1047

  Karb, Rebecca A ^a   Elliott, Michael R ^b,c   Dowd, Jennifer B ^d,e   Morenoff, Jeffrey D ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e CUNY Institute for Demographic Research (CIDR)   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Health inequalities; Multilevel modeling; Neighborhood effects; Stress; USA

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PSYCHOLOGY; STEROID;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CHICAGO COMMUNITY ADULT HEALTH STUDY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MALE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHICAGO; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863526349     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.03.031     Document Type: Article

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