Social status and susceptibility to respiratory infections

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 896, Issue , 1999, Pages 246-253

  Cohen, Sheldon ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SOCIAL STATUS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0033392087     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb08119.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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