Marital Quality, Gender, and Markers of Inflammation in the MIDUS Cohort

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 127-141

  Donoho, Carrie J ^a   Crimmins, Eileen M ^a   Seeman, Teresa E ^b  

^a Davis School of Gerontology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

gender; health; midlife; satisfaction; sociobiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872561402     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2012.01023.x     Document Type: Article

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