Social Support and Immunity

The Oxford Handbook of Psychoneuroimmunology

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Uchino, Bert N ^a   Vaughn, Allison A ^b   Carlisle, McKenzie ^a   Birmingham, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional support; Health; Immune function; Inflammation; Mechanisms; Social networks; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895895946     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195394399.013.0012     Document Type: Chapter

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