Homesickness, mood and self-reported health

Stress Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 189-196

  Van Tilburg Vingerhoets, Miranda A L ^a,b   Van Heck, Guus L ^a,b   Kirschbaum, C ^a,b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive failures; Health status; Homesickness; Mood; Saliva cortisol

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOOD; PERSONALITY; PHOBIA; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TRAVEL;

EID: 0032863320     PISSN: 07488386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1700(199907)15:3<189::AID-SMI814>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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