Emotional style and susceptibility to the common cold

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 652-657

  Cohen, Sheldon ^a   Doyle, William J ^b   Turner, Ronald B ^c,d   Alper, Cuneyt M ^b   Skoner, David P ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Common cold; Disease susceptibility; Emotions; Immunity; Personality assessment; Psychological; Rhinovirus

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; NORADRENALIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGE; ANGER; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDUCATION; EMOTION; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE; RHINOVIRUS; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; WELLBEING;

EID: 0042344932     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PSY.0000077508.57784.DA     Document Type: Article

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