Explaining racial and ethnic inequalities in postpartum allostatic load: Results from a multisite study of low to middle income woment

SSM - Population Health

Volumn 2, Issue , 2016, Pages 850-858

  O'Campo, Patricia ^a,b   Schetter, Christine Dunkel ^c   Guardino, Christine M ^c   Vance, Maxine Reed ^d   Hobel, Calvin J ^c   Ramey, Sharon Landesman ^e   Shalowitz, Madeleine U ^f  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Baltimore City Healthy Start Inc Maternal   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA TECH CARILION SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Allostatic load; Health inequalities, race ethnicity; Postpartum health; Socioeconomic position of women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995772490     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23528273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2016.10.014     Document Type: Article

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