Daily positive events and inflammation: Findings from the National Study of Daily Experiences

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 43, Issue , 2015, Pages 130-138

  Sin, Nancy L ^a   Graham Engeland, Jennifer E ^a   Almeida, David M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Daily positive events; Inflammation; Negative affect; Positive affect; Uplifts

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; INTERLEUKIN 6; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; OPTIMISM; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; BLOOD; HEALTH SURVEY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84919457448     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2014.07.015     Document Type: Article

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