Childhood adversity and adult health: Evaluating intervening mechanisms

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue , 2016, Pages 114-124

  Turner, R Jay ^a   Thomas, Courtney S ^b   Brown, Tyson H ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allostatic load; Childhood adversity; Chronic illness; Life course; Self rated health; Stress; Trauma; USA

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; DIAGNOSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMBEDDING; EXPOSURE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STRESS; AGED; ALLOSTASIS; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA SURVIVOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ADVERSE EVENTS; AGED; ALLOSTASIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84961670056     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.02.026     Document Type: Article

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