Another way family can get in the head and under the skin: The neurobiology of helping the family

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 138-142

  Fuligni, Andrew J ^a   Telzer, Eva H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Family; Immune function; Neurobiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881586735     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdep.12029     Document Type: Article

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