Illness episodes and cortisol in healthy older adults during a life transition

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 166-176

  Lutgendorf, Susan K ^a   Reimer, Toni Tripp ^b   Schlechte, Janet ^c   Rubenstein, Linda M ^d  

^a E11 SSH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; RISK FACTOR; STRESS;

EID: 0034901787     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15324796ABM2303_4     Document Type: Article

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