Distinctive biological correlates of positive psychological well-being in older men and women

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 501-508

  Steptoe, Andrew ^a   Demakakos, Panayotes ^a   De Oliveira, Cesar ^a   Wardle, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adiposity; affect; inflammation; life satisfaction; wellbeing

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MARRIAGE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PLEASURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84862289816     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31824f82c8     Document Type: Article

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