Moderating effects of gender and vulnerability on the relationships between financial hardship, low education and immune response

Stress Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 167-177

  Halim, Shaheen ^a   Kaplan, Howard B ^a   Pollack, Marilyn S ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Immune response; Immunity; Lymphocyte proliferation; Socioeconomic status; Stress; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; POKEWEED MITOGEN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITOGENICITY; PHYSICAL STRESS; POVERTY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL STATUS; STRESS;

EID: 0034018875     PISSN: 07488386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1700(200004)16:3<167::AID-SMI849>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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