Neighborhood poverty and allostatic load in African American youth

Pediatrics

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2014, Pages e1362-e1368

  Brody, Gene H ^a   Lei, Man Kit ^a   Chen, Edith ^b   Miller, Gregory E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Allostasis; Human development; Physiology; Poverty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLOSTATIC LOAD; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; CHILD; EMOTIONALITY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; HUMAN; MALE; POPULATION RISK; POVERTY; RISK; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; ADOLESCENT; ALLOSTASIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALLOSTASIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908872006     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2014-1395     Document Type: Article

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