The multidimensionality of health: associations between allostatic load and self-report health measures in a community epidemiologic study

Health Sociology Review

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 272-287

  Brown, Tony N ^a   Turner, R Jay ^a   Moore, Thomas R ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allostatic load; biomarkers; concordance; dysregulation; illness; self perceived health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973606548     PISSN: 14461242     EISSN: 18393551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14461242.2016.1184989     Document Type: Article

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