The Pittsburgh common cold studies: Psychosocial predictors of susceptibility to respiratory infectious illness

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 123-131

  Cohen, Sheldon ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Common cold; Cortisol regulation; Cytokine regulation; Infectious illness susceptibility; Influenza; Psychoneuroimmunology; Respiratory infections; Social integration; Social rank; Social support; Socioeconomic status; Stress buffering

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 6;

CHILDHOOD; COMMON COLD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONAVIRUS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; MACACA; MENTAL STRESS; MUCUS SECRETION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHINOVIRUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOCIOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN RELATION; INFLAMMATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS;

CYTOKINES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 23844545844     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327558ijbm1203_1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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