Inflamed by the flames? The impact of terrorism and war on immunity

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 345-352

  Canetti, Daphna ^a   Russ, Eric ^b   Luborsky, Judith ^c   Gerhart, James I ^c   Hobfoll, Stevan E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; ISRAEL; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TERRORISM; WAR;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BODY MASS INDEX; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERRORISM; WAR;

EID: 84902588064     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.21920     Document Type: Article

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