Neutrophil function and cortisol:DHEAS ratio in bereaved older adults

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1182-1186

  Khanfer, Riyad ^a   Lord, Janet M ^a   Phillips, Anna C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Neutrophil; Phagocytosis; Superoxide production

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; SUPEROXIDE;

AGED; AGING; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BEREAVEMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NORMAL HUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; AGING; ANXIETY; BEREAVEMENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; DEPRESSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY BURST; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUPEROXIDES; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE;

EID: 79960234655     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2011.03.008     Document Type: Article

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