The association between cortisol and neighborhood disadvantage in a U.S. population-based sample of adolescents

Health and Place

Volumn 25, Issue , 2014, Pages 68-77

  Rudolph, Kara E ^a   Gary S , Wand ^b   Stuart, Elizabeth A ^a   Glass, Thomas A ^a   Marques, Andrea H ^c,d   Duncko, Roman ^e   Merikangas, Kathleen R ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^e SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Cortisol; Neighborhood; Propensity Score

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

HORMONE; NEIGHBORHOOD; SALIVA; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; SALIVA LEVEL; SOCIAL STATUS; STRESS; UNITED STATES; CHEMISTRY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INTERVIEW; POVERTY; SALIVA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; POVERTY AREAS; PROPENSITY SCORE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SALIVA; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84890812859     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2013.11.001     Document Type: Article

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