Bruce S. McEwen, Ph.D.
Release Date: 05/08/2002
Upon completion of this Cyberounds®, you should be able to:
To describe the initial validation of the concept of allostatic load for markers of obesity and cardiovascular risk
To describe how the work environment can cause allostatic load upon the cardiovascular system
To discuss how allostatic load may help understand gradients of health across the range of income and education (referred to as "socioeconomic status") and in the marked decline in health in Eastern Europe since the fall of communism.
