Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 37, Issue 6 , Pages 484-492 , December 2005

Social disadvantage and adolescent stress

  • Elizabeth Goodman, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Dr. Elizabeth Goodman, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University MS 35, 415 South St., Waltham, MA 02453-9110.
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  • Bruce S. McEwen, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Harold and Margaret Milliken Hatch Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, Rockefeller University, New York, New York
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  • Lawrence M. Dolan, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrinology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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  • Tara Schafer-Kalkhoff, M.A.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrinology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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  • Nancy E. Adler, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, California

Received 19 August 2004 ,Revised 9 November 2004

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PII: S1054-139X(04)00395-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2004.11.126

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 37, Issue 6 , Pages 484-492 , December 2005

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