Review of psychosocial stress and asthma: An integrated biopsychosocial approach

Thorax

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1066-1074

  Wright, Rosalind J ^a,b,e   Rodriguez, Mario ^c   Cohen, Sheldon ^d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; LEUKOTRIENE; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ASTHMA; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BEHAVIOR; BRONCHOSPASM; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MENTAL STRESS; MORBIDITY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SELF CARE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; T LYMPHOCYTE; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0031650720     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.53.12.1066     Document Type: Review

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