The assessment of the emotional and immunological consequences of examination stress

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 467-478

  Vedhara, Kav ^a,c   Nott, Kenneth ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

examination stress; immune function; Multitest CMI; psychoneuroimmunology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREGULATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOSOMATICS; STRESS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN TESTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS;

EID: 0029851361     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01857679     Document Type: Article

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