Cultural Differences in the Link Between Supportive Relationships and Proinflammatory Cytokines

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 511-520

  Chiang, Jessica J ^a   Saphire Bernstein, Shimon ^a   Kim, Heejung S ^b   Sherman, David K ^b   Taylor, Shelley E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

close relationships; culture ethnicity; relational factors in health; relationships; social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881263581     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550612467831     Document Type: Article

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