Caregiving to very low birthweight infants: A model of stress and immune response

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 201-215

  Gennaro, Susan ^a   Fehder, William ^a   Nuamah, Isaac F ^a   Campbell, Donald E ^a   Douglas, Steven D ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Anxiety; Immune response; Lymphocyte proliferation; Natural killer cell activity; Psychoneuroimmunology

Indexed keywords

MITOGENIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE STATUS; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 0031229367     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brbi.1997.0502     Document Type: Article

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