Race/ethnic and socioeconomic differences in stress and immune function in The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 115, Issue , 2014, Pages 49-55

  Dowd, Jennifer B ^a,b   Palermo, Tia ^c   Chyu, Laura ^d   Adam, Emma ^d   McDade, Thomas W ^d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epstein Barr virus (EBV); Herpesviruses; National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health); Race ethnicity; Socioeconomic status; Stress, immunity; U.S.

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENCE; ANTIBODY; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; RACE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STRESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; RACE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; IMMUNOLOGY; MENTAL STRESS; NATIONAL LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; NATIONAL LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903890486     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.06.011     Document Type: Article

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