Depressive symptoms and life satisfaction in elderly women are associated with natural killer cell number and cytotoxicity

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 236-243

  Tsuboi, Hirohito ^a   Kawamura, Noriyuki ^b   Hori, Reiko ^a   Kobayashi, Fumio ^a   Iwasaki, Yuko ^c   Takeuchi, Hiroichi ^c   Fukino, Osamu ^c  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c Shizuoka Health Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Depressive symptom; Elderly women; Life satisfaction; Natural killer cell cytotoxicity; Natural killer cell population

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CYTOTOXICITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 27644441977     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327558ijbm1204_4     Document Type: Article

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