Effects of a behavioral intervention, Tai Chi Chih, on varicella-zoster virus specific immunity and health functioning in older adults

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 824-830

  Irwin, Michael R ^a   Pike, Jennifer L ^a   Cole, Jason C ^a   Oxman, Michael N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Alternative medicine; Health functioning; Immunity; Psychoneuroimmunology; Shingles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MALE; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TAI CHI; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

AGED; AGING; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHONEUROIMMUNOLOGY; TAI JI; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141634240     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PSY.0000088591.86103.8F     Document Type: Article

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