Cumulative neighborhood risk of psychosocial stress and allostatic load in adolescents

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 176, Issue SUPPL. 7, 2012, Pages

  Theall, Katherine P ^a   Drury, Stacy S ^c   Shirtcliff, Elizabeth A ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of New Orleans   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Allostasis; Risk; Risk factors; Stress physiological; Stress, psychological

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENCE; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NEIGHBORHOOD; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOSTASIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CUMULATIVE NEIGHBORHOOD RISK; ETHNICITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIFE STRESS; LOW RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; POVERTY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RACE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ALLOSTASIS; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; ODDS RATIO; PROPENSITY SCORE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867286940     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws185     Document Type: Article

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