Marital conflict in older adults: Endocrinological and immunological correlates

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 339-351

  Kiecolt Glaser, Janice K ^a,b   Glaser, Ronald ^a   Cacioppo, John T ^a   MacCallum, Robert C ^a   Snydersmith, Mary ^a   Kim, Cheongtag ^a   Malarkey, William B ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Conflict; Marriage; Psychoneuroimmunology; Stress hormones

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SATISFACTION; STRESS;

EID: 0342378120     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-199707000-00001     Document Type: Article

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