Religious participation, interleukin-6, and mortality in older adults

Health Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 465-475

  Lutgendorf, Susan K ^a,d   Ullrich, Philip ^a,d   Wallace, Robert ^a   Russell, Daniel ^b   Harris, Tamara B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^d E11 SSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cytokines; Interleukin 6; Iowa 65+ Rural Health Study; Mortality; Religious participation

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 6;

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; RELIGION; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; IOWA; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MORTALITY; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 4344637326     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.23.5.465     Document Type: Article

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