Contextual Predictors of Cumulative Biological Risk: Segregation and Allostatic Load

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1338-1362

  Bellatorre, Anna ^a   Finch, Brian K ^b   Phuong Do, D ^c   Bird, Chloe E ^d   Beck, Audrey N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 84865039593     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2011.00821.x     Document Type: Article

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