Wintering in Antarctica: Impact on immune response of indian expeditioners

NeuroImmunoModulation

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 327-333

  Yadav, Anand Prakash ^a   Mishra, Kamla Prasad ^a   Ganju, Lilly ^a   Singh, Shashi Bala ^a  

^a DEFENCE INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Cytokines; IgA; Isolation; Stress

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 4; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; NETRIN 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INDIAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ISOLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TRAVEL; WINTER;

ADULT; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLD CLIMATE; CYTOKINES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXPEDITIONS; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84864497378     PISSN: 10217401     EISSN: 14230216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000339512     Document Type: Article

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