Immune function and affective states following a natural disaster

Psychological Reports

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 521-524

  Rotton, James ^a   Dubitsky, Sorah S ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DISASTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SALIVA; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; NATURAL DISASTERS; SALIVA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036545926     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2002.90.2.521     Document Type: Article

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