Association of family stress with natural killer cell activity and the frequency of illnesses in children

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 228-234

  Wyman, Peter A ^a   Moynihan, Jan ^a   Eberly, Shirley ^a   Cox, Christopher ^b   Cross, Wendi ^a   Jin, Xia ^a   Caserta, Mary T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL ASSAY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33847628736     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.161.3.228     Document Type: Article

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