Social relationships and inflammatory markers: An analysis of Taiwan and the U.S.

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1891-1899

  Glei, Dana A ^a   Goldman, Noreen ^b   Ryff, Carol D ^c   Lin, Yu Hsuan ^d   Weinstein, Maxine ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Inflammation markers; Social relationships; Social support; Taiwan; USA

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; FIBRINOGEN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 6 RECEPTOR;

LIFE EXPECTANCY; MODELING; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTEGRATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OBESITY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES; UPREGULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; E-SELECTIN; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-6; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860484444     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.02.020     Document Type: Article

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