Types of stressors that increase susceptibility to the common cold in healthy adults

Health Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 214-223

  Cohen, Sheldon ^a   Doyle, William J ^b,c   Skoner, David P ^b,c   Frank, Ellen ^b   Rabin, Bruce S ^b   Gwaltney Jr , Jack M ^d  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Colds; Endocrine; Immunity; Infection; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMON COLD; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; RISK FACTOR; STRESS; UNEMPLOYMENT; VIRUS RESISTANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CAUSALITY; COMMON COLD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PERSONALITY; PICORNAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; WORK;

EID: 0031861776     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.17.3.214     Document Type: Article

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