Resilience and immune function in older adults

Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-48

  Fagundes, Christopher P ^a   Gillie, Brandon L ^a   Derry, Heather M ^a   Bennett, Jeanette M ^a   Kiecolt glaser, Janice K ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; INFLUENZA VACCINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CAREGIVER; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHRONIC STRESS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DEMENTIA; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; IMMUNE DYSREGULATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; MENTAL STRESS; NUTRITION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; TELOMERE; VACCINATION; WEIGHT; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84870953636     PISSN: 01988794     EISSN: 19444036     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1891/0198-8794.32.29     Document Type: Article

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