Progressive muscle relaxation and secretory immunoglobulin A

Psychological Reports

Volumn 88, Issue 3 PART 1, 2001, Pages 912-914

  Lowe, Geoff ^a   Bland, Rachel ^b   Greenman, John ^b   Kirkpatrick, Nadine ^b   Lowe, Gillian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALIVA; UPREGULATION;

ADULT; AROUSAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, SECRETORY; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; SALIVA; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0035381035     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2001.88.3.912     Document Type: Article

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