Job satisfaction is associated with elevated natural killer cell immunity among healthy white-collar employees

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1268-1275

  Nakata, Akinori ^a   Takahashi, Masaya ^b   Irie, Masahiro ^c   Swanson, Naomi G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cellular immunity; Immune system; Job satisfaction; Natural killer cell; Occupational health psychology; Positive psychology; Psychoimmunology; Psychosocial; White collar worker; Work condition

Indexed keywords

CD19 ANTIBODY; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOTOXICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; WHITE COLLAR WORKER;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD3; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYTOTOXICITY TESTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; JOB SATISFACTION; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LINEAR MODELS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; T-LYMPHOCYTES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957224613     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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