Oxytocin, Social Support, and Sleep Quality in Low-Income Minority Women Living With HIV

Behavioral Sleep Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 207-221

  Fekete, Erin M ^a   Seay, Julia ^b   Antoni, Michael H ^b   Mendez, Armando J ^c   Fletcher, Mary Ann ^c   Szeto, Angela ^c   Schneiderman, Neil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS   (United States)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; OXYTOCIN; POVERTY; RISK MANAGEMENT; SLEEP DISORDERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WOMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897395188     PISSN: 15402002     EISSN: 15402010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15402002.2013.791297     Document Type: Article

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