Source-specific social support and circulating inflammatory markers among white-collar employees

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 335-346

  Nakata, Akinori ^a   Irie, Masahiro ^b   Takahashi, Masaya ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Immune system; Inflammatory markers; Perceived social support; Psychoneuroimmunology; Workplace

Indexed keywords

AUTACOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904047709     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12160-013-9555-x     Document Type: Article

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