Emotional stability, anxiety, and natural killer activity under examination stress

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 613-627

  Borella, Paola ^a   Bargellini, Annalisa ^a   Rovesti, Sergio ^a   Pinelli, Marina ^a   Vivoli, Roberto ^a   Solfrini, Valentina ^a   Vivoli, Gianfranco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Emotional stability; Examination stress; Natural killer cell activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MENTAL STRESS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEST ANXIETY SCALE;

EID: 0033063067     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(99)00016-5     Document Type: Article

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