Psychological influences on the perception of immune function

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 391-397

  Petrie, Keith J ^a   Booth, R J ^a   Elder, H ^a   Cameron, L D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD16 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANTIGENS, CD; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0033065038     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003329179800782X     Document Type: Article

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