The Association between Stress Measured by Allostatic Load Score and Physiologic Dysregulation in African Immigrants: The Africans in America Study

Frontiers in Public Health

Brianna A. Bingham¹ 

关键词: allostatic load score;    stress;    health disparities;    African immigrants;    hypothalamic–;    pituitary–;    adrenal axis;    sympathetic-adrenal-medullary axis;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2016.00265

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

IntroductionAllostatic load score (ALS) summarizes the physiological effect of stress on cardiovascular, metabolic and immune systems. As immigration is stressful, ALS could be affected.

【 授权许可】

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