Associations between socioeconomic status and catecholamine levels vary by acculturation status in mexican-American women

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 129-135

  Jiménez, Jessica A ^a,c   Shivpuri, Smriti ^a   De Los Monteros, Karla Espinosa ^a   Matthews, Karen A ^b   Mills, Paul J ^c   Gallo, Linda C ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Hispanic; Socioeconomic stress; Stress

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; URINE;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; CATECHOLAMINES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; WOMEN;

EID: 84863986609     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12160-012-9365-6     Document Type: Article

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