Socioeconomic Status, Stress, and Immune Markers in Adolescents with Asthma

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 984-992

  Chen, Edith ^a,b   Fisher, Edwin B ^a   Bacharier, Leonard B ^a   Strunk, Robert C ^a  

^a ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Cytokine production; Socioeconomic status; Stress

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 5; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; STRESS;

EID: 0346095391     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PSY.0000097340.54195.3C     Document Type: Article

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