Inflammatory dispositions: A population-based study of the association between hostility and peripheral leukocyte counts

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1271-1284

  Surtees, Paul ^a   Wainwright, Nicholas ^a   Khaw, Kay Tee ^b   Luben, Robert ^a   Brayne, Carol ^b   Day, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hostility; Leukocytes; Lifestyle risk factors; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042866094     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(02)00347-1     Document Type: Article

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