Allostatic load and the assessment of cumulative biological risk in biobehavioral medicine: Challenges and opportunities

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 478-480

  Gallo, Linda C ^a   Fortmann, Addie L ^b   Mattei, Josiemer ^c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Allostatic load

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; STRESS HORMONE;

ALLOSTASIS; ALLOSTATIC LOAD; BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE; BIOBEHAVIORAL MEDICINE; BIOMEDICINE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC STRESS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE DYSREGULATION; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WELLBEING; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84914698817     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000095     Document Type: Review

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