Psychological stress and susceptibility to the common cold

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 325, Issue 9, 1991, Pages 606-612

  Cohen, Sheldon ^a   Tyrrell, David A j ^b   Smith, Andrew P ^c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; COMMON COLD; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0025864320     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199108293250903     Document Type: Article

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