Stressful life events are associated with low secretion rates of immunoglobulin a in saliva in the middle aged and elderly

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 191-197

  Phillips, Anna C ^a   Carroll, Douglas ^a   Evans, Phil ^b   Bosch, Jos A ^a   Clow, Angela ^b   Hucklebridge, Frank ^b   Der, Geoff ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Household occupational status; Life events stress; Saliva volume; Secretory immunoglobulin A; Sex; Smoking

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; INFECTION RATE; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SALIVA; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 32044463585     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2005.06.006     Document Type: Article

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