Allostatic load and pain severity in older adults: Results from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 88, Issue , 2017, Pages 51-58

  Sibille, Kimberly T ^a   McBeth, John ^b   Smith, Diane ^c   Wilkie, Ross ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allostatic load; Health behaviors; Older adults; Pain severity; Stress

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGED; AGING; ALLOSTASIS; ALLOSTATIC LOAD; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN INTENSITY; PAIN SEVERITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS; ENGLAND; HEALTH SURVEY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGING; ALLOSTASIS; BIOMARKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85009143821     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2016.12.013     Document Type: Article

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