Loneliness and pathways to disease

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 17, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2003, Pages 98-105

  Hawkley, Louise C ^a   Cacioppo, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic reactivity; Cancer; Cardiovascular disease; Cortisol; Health behaviors; Immunity; Loneliness; Sleep; Social isolation; Social support

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMPIRICISM; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMMUNITY; LIFESTYLE; LONELINESS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOMODULATION; NEOPLASM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; LONELINESS; NEOPLASMS; NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION; SLEEP;

EID: 0037293748     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-1591(02)00073-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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