Emotions, morbidity, and mortality: New perspectives from psychoneuroimmunology

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue , 2002, Pages 83-107

  Kiecolt Glaser, Janice K ^a   McGuire, Lynanne ^a   Robles, Theodore F ^a   Glaser, Ronald ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Immune function; Interleukin 6; Social support

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGING; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGING; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHONEUROIMMUNOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0036406961     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.psych.53.100901.135217     Document Type: Article

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