Comparative Stress Levels among Residents in Three Chinese Provincial Capitals, 2001 and 2008

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Yang, Tingzhong ^a   Wu, Dan ^a   Zhang, Weifang ^a   Cottrell, Randall R ^b   Rockett, Ian R H ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVORCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MANAGER; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; RATING SCALE; SOLDIER; STRESS; STUDENT; URBAN POPULATION; WIDOW;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869060666     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048971     Document Type: Article

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