Family poverty is associated with cytomegalovirus antibody titers in U.S. children

Health Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-10

  Dowd, Jennifer B ^a,b   Palermo, Tia M ^b   Aiello, Allison E ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

CMV; Health disparities; Immunity; NHANES; Poverty; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; INCOME; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY FORMATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; INCOME; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84856000412     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025337     Document Type: Article

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