The signs of stress: Embodiments of biosocial stress among type 2 diabetic women in New Delhi, India

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 131, Issue , 2015, Pages 122-130

  Weaver, Lesley Jo ^a   Worthman, Carol M ^b   DeCaro, Jason A ^a   Madhu, S V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Biocultural anthropology; India; Mental health; Mixed methods; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS ANTIBODY; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIBODY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN A1C PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ANTHROPOLOGY; DIABETES; GENDER ROLE; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MENTAL HEALTH; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH STATUS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; INFLAMMATION; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRESS; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GENDER IDENTITY; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CARE; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

DELHI; INDIA; NEW DELHI;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CARE; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84924546239     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.03.002     Document Type: Article

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