Elevated C-Reactive Protein in Children from Risky Neighborhoods: Evidence for a Stress Pathway Linking Neighborhoods and Inflammation in Children

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Broyles, Stephanie T ^a   Staiano, Amanda E ^a   Drazba, Kathryn T ^a   Gupta, Alok K ^a   Sothern, Melinda ^b   Katzmarzyk, Peter T ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC STRESS; CRIME; DISEASE MARKER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; OBESITY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STRESS; UPREGULATION;

ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84866647943     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045419     Document Type: Article

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