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Critical biological pathways for chronic psychosocial stress and research opportunities to advance the consideration of stress in chemical risk assessment

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  • McEwen, B.S.
  • Tucker, P.

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Emerging evidence suggests that psychosocial stress and toxicants may interact to modify health risks. Stress-toxicant interactions could be important in chemical risk assessment, but these interactions are poorly understood and additional research is necessary to advance their application. Environmental health research can increase knowledge of these interactions by exploring hypotheses on allostatic load, which measures thecumulative impacts of stress across multiple physiological pathways, using knowledge about physiological pathways for stressrelated health effects, and evidence of common target pathways for both stress and toxicants. In this article, critical physiological pathways for stressrelated health effects are discussed, with specific attention to allostatic load and stress-toxicant interactions, concluding with research suggestionsfor potential applications of such research in chemical risk assessment.

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  • McEwen, B.S. & Tucker, P., 2011. "Critical biological pathways for chronic psychosocial stress and research opportunities to advance the consideration of stress in chemical risk assessment," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 101(SUPPL. 1), pages 131-139.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2011.300270_7
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300270
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