Humor and laughter may influence health IV. humor and immune function

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 159-164

  Bennett, Mary Payne ^a   Lengacher, Cecile ^a  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Humor; Immune Function; Laughter; Psychoneuroimmunology

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

HUMAN; HUMOR; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WELLBEING;

EID: 70349507522     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nem149     Document Type: Review

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