Introduction to Biomarkers: "Allostatic load measures in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA)". Pathways Node at NCRM.
Read, Sanna and Grundy, Emily (2012) Introduction to Biomarkers: "Allostatic load measures in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA)". Pathways Node at NCRM. In: Introduction to Biomarkers for Social Scientists, 12 April 2012, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. (Unpublished)
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Abstract
Health is a state of responsiveness and optimal predictive fluctuation to adapt to the demands of the environment -> dynamic biological process interacting with context. Allostasis is a process whereby organism maintains physiological stability by adapting itself to environmental demands.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Other) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Allostasis, allostatic, longitudinal, ELSA, biomarkers, social science, adaptation, biosocial, bio-social |
| Subjects: | 1. Frameworks for Research and Research Designs > 1.8 Longitudinal Research 5. Quantitative Data Handling and Data Analysis > 5.7 Longitudinal Data Analysis |
| Depositing User: | PATH User |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Jun 2012 12:00 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Jul 2021 13:56 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ncrm.ac.uk/id/eprint/2310 |
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