The effect of academic exam stress on mucosal and cellular airway immune markers among healthy and allergic individuals

Psychophysiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 5-14

  Trueba, Ana F ^a   Rosenfield, David ^a   Oberdörster, Eva ^a   Vogel, Pia D ^a   Ritz, Thomas ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway remodeling; Allergy; Exhaled breath condensate; IFN ; Saliva; Stress; VEGF

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871346652     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2012.01487.x     Document Type: Article

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