Attachment security and immunity in healthy women

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 40-46

  Picardi, Angelo ^a   Battisti, Francesca ^b   Tarsitani, Lorenzo ^b   Baldassari, Maurizio ^c   Copertaro, Alfredo ^d   Mocchegiani, Eugenio ^e   Biondi, Massimo ^b  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^d Regional Health Administration   (Italy)

^e INRCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attachment; Emotion regulation; Immunity; Stress; Support

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS; TOBACCO;

ADULT; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33846416158     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31802dd777     Document Type: Article

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