The association between bereavement and biomarkers of inflammation

Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 49-59

  Cohen, Miri ^a   Granger, Stephen ^b   Fuller Thomson, Esme ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

bereavement; biomarkers; C reactive protein; inflammation; interleukin 6

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; BODY MASS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; SLEEP QUALITY; WELLBEING; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; URINE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEREAVEMENT; BIOMARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; E-SELECTIN; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFLAMMATION; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84921435110     PISSN: 08964289     EISSN: 19404026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08964289.2013.866539     Document Type: Article

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