Climate change, uncertainty and allostatic load
Context: Humans constantly respond to environmental stressors challenging their somatic stability. Allostasis, an evolved neuroendocrine/physiological stressor response system, is our main pathway for doing so. Effective allostasis returns somatic systems to their current optima; over a lifetime of...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2019-01-01
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Series: | Annals of Human Biology |
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03014460.2019.1584243 |