Inflammatory and thrombotic changes in early bereavement: A prospective evaluation

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1145-1152

  Buckley, Thomas ^a,b   Morel Kopp, Marie Christine ^a,c   Ward, Christopher ^a,c   Bartrop, Roger ^a,c   McKinley, Sharon ^d   Mihailidou, Anastasia Susie ^a,c   Spinaze, Monica ^a   Chen, Walter ^a,c   Tofler, Geoffrey ^a,c  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bereavement; inflammation; platelet; thrombotic changes; von Willebrand

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; HYDROCORTISONE; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DEPRESSION; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPOUSE; THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEREAVEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOSTASIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PARENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSES; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84873259195     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741826711421686     Document Type: Article

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