Changes of immunoregulatory cells associated with psychological stress and humor

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 84, Issue 3 PART II, 1997, Pages 1296-1298

  Kamei, Tsutomu ^a   Kumano, Hiroaki ^b,d   Masumura, Sumio ^c  

^a Shimane Institute of Health Science   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMOR; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TELEVISION; VISION;

ADULT; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LAUGHTER; MALE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TELEVISION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WIT AND HUMOR;

EID: 0031155038     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1997.84.3c.1296     Document Type: Article

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