Cellular immune responses to acute stress in female caregivers of dementia patients and matched controls

Health Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 182-189

  Cacioppo, John T ^a   Poehlmann, Kirsten M ^a   Kiecolt Glaser, Janice K ^a   Malarkey, William B ^a   Burleson, Mary H ^b   Berntson, Gary G ^a   Glaser, Ronald ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Cellular immunity; Chronic stress; Psychological stressors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOTOXICITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PATIENT CARE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAREGIVERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CYTOTOXICITY TESTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031832771     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.17.2.182     Document Type: Article

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