The role of education in explaining racial/ethnic Allostatic load differentials in the united states

Biodemography and Social Biology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 18-39

  Howard, Jeffrey T ^a   Sparks, P Johnelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALLOSTASIS; BLOOD; CAUCASIAN; COMPLICATION; EDUCATION; ETIOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MEXICAN AMERICAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALLOSTASIS; BIOMARKERS; EDUCATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928473171     PISSN: 19485565     EISSN: 19485573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19485565.2014.937000     Document Type: Article

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