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Modernization and catecholamine excretion of young Samoan adults

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  • Pearson, Jay D.
  • Hanna, Joel M.
  • Fitzgerald, Maureen H.
  • Baker, Paul T.

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Urinary catecholamine excretion rates have been used as a cross-culturally valid measure of generalized stress. The purposes of this paper are to examine group differences in catecholamine excretion rates in three Samoan groups who differ in degree of modernization and to compare these findings to rates of norepinephrine and epinephrine excretion in other populations. In 1986-1987, 24-hr urine samples were collected from 18-37-year-old Samoans; 46 rural Western Samoan villagers, 53 American Samoans, and 49 Samoans residing in Honolulu. The results show that norepinephrine excretion is significantly higher in more modernized Samoan groups (P

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  • Pearson, Jay D. & Hanna, Joel M. & Fitzgerald, Maureen H. & Baker, Paul T., 1990. "Modernization and catecholamine excretion of young Samoan adults," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 31(7), pages 729-736, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:31:y:1990:i:7:p:729-736
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