Cardiovascular and immune responses to acute psychological stress in young and old women: A meta-analysis

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 290-296

  Benschop, Robert J ^a   Geenen, Rinie ^b   Mills, Paul J ^c   Naliboff, Bruce D ^d   Kiecolt Glaser, Janice K ^e   Herbert, Tracy B ^f   Van Der Pompe, Gieta ^g   Miller, Gregory E ^d   Matthews, Karen A ^h   Godaert, Guido L R ^b   Gilmore, Stephanie L ^d   Glaser, Ronald ^e   Heijnen, Cobi J ^g   Dopp, Joel M ^d   Bijlsma, Johannes W J ⁱ   Solomon, George F ^d   Cacioppo, John T ^e  

^a NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Univ Hosp Children Het W   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Immune system; Natural killer cells; Psychological stress; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0031840499     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-199805000-00015     Document Type: Article

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