Stress and the individual. Mechanisms leading to disease
Bruce S. McEwen · Eliot Stellar
Archives of Internal Medicine · 1993
What the research tells us
Introduces allostatic load as a way to understand the physiological costs that may accompany prolonged challenges.
What to keep in mind
This conceptual review integrates human and animal research. It does not directly establish that a particular intervention or product is effective.
Study details
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- POPULATION & SAMPLE
- Synthesis of human and animal research; no single trial sample
- EXPOSURE / INTERVENTION / SUBJECT
- Repeated/chronic environmental demands; conceptual synthesis
- OUTCOMES
- Physiological adaptation and disease mechanisms
- TIME FRAME
- No single observation period
- STUDY FUNDING
- Not yet verified against the full text.
- STUDY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
- Not yet verified against the full text.
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