Bruce S. McEwen, Ph.D.

Dr. McEwen reports no commercial conflict of interest.

Release Date: 05/08/2002
Termination Date: 05/08/2005

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• To describe the initial validation of the concept of allostatic load for markers of obesity and cardiovascular risk
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