Association between perceived happiness levels and peripheral circulating pro-inflammatory cytokine levels in middle-aged adults in Japan

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 458-463

  Matsunaga, Masahiro ^a   Isowa, Tokiko ^b   Yamakawa, Kaori ^c   Tsuboi, Hirohito ^d   Kawanishi, Yoko ^e   Kaneko, Hiroshi ^e   Kasugai, Kunio ^f   Yoneda, Masashi ^f   Ohira, Hideki ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Happiness; Health related quality of life; Interferon ; Pro inflammatory cytokine; Warm physical contact

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION;

EID: 80053514189     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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