Lifestyle incongruity, stress and immune function in indigenous siberians: The health impacts of rapid social and economic change

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-69

  Sorensen, Mark V ^a   Snodgrass, James J ^b   Leonard, William R ^c   McDade, Thomas W ^b   Tarskaya, Larissa A ^d   Ivanov, Kiundiul I ^e   Krivoshapkin, Vadim G ^e   Alekseev, Vladimir P ^e  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^e RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Epstein barr virus; Immune function; Lifestyle incongruity; Siberia; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CULTURE; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SIBERIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 58149501101     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20899     Document Type: Article

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