Neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation, perceived neighborhood factors, and cortisol responses to induced stress among healthy adults

Health and Place

Volumn 27, Issue , 2014, Pages 120-126

  Barrington, Wendy E ^a,d   Stafford, Mai ^b   Hamer, Mark ^c   Beresford, Shirley A A ^a,d   Koepsell, Thomas ^a   Steptoe, Andrew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Neighborhood deprivation; Social control; Stress

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYDROCORTISONE;

BIOMARKER; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH STATUS; NEIGHBORHOOD; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WOMENS STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; NEIGHBORHOOD SOCIOECONOMIC DEPRIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS; AGED; CHEMISTRY; CRIME; DEMOGRAPHY; ETIOLOGY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGY; SALIVA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; BIOMARKERS; CRIME; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SALIVA; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84896865767     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.02.001     Document Type: Article

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