Negative thoughts and health: Associations among rumination, immunity, and health care utilization in a young and elderly sample

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 363-371

  Thomsen, Dorthe Kirkegaard ^a,b   Mehlsen, Mimi Yung ^a   Hokland, Marianne ^b   Viidik, Andrus ^c   Olesen, Frede ^c   Avlund, Kirsten ^d   Munk, Karen ^b   Zachariae, Robert ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aging; Health care; Immunity; Rumination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNITY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUMINATION; SLEEP; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 2442684088     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.psy.0000127688.44363.fb     Document Type: Article

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