Humor and the cardiovascular system

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 56-58

  Sahakian, Ara ^a   Frishman, William H ^b,c  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; NORADRENALIN;

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONVALESCENCE; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW; SALIVA LEVEL; VASODILATATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; LAUGHTER; PATIENTS; WIT AND HUMOR;

EID: 34548583418     PISSN: 10786791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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