Physiological Pathways from Personality to Health: the Cardiovascular and Immune Systems

Handbook of Personality and Health

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 175-194

  Segerstrom, Suzanne C ^a   Smith, Timothy W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart attack; Immune systems; Lymphocytes; Personality; Phagocytose

Indexed keywords

EID: 44749092401     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713860.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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