Childhood cumulative risk and later allostatic load: Mediating role of substance use

Health Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1402-1409

  Doan, Stacey N ^a   Dich, Nadya ^a,b   Evans, Gary W ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Allostatic load; Cumulative risk; Poverty; Stress; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT SMOKING; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALLOSTASIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULATIVE RISK; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; POVERTY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; STRESS; SUBSTANCE USE; UNITED STATES; ADDICTION; FOLLOW UP; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ALLOSTASIS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK; POVERTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; RURAL POPULATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84925933217     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034790     Document Type: Article

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