Salivary cytokines as a minimally-invasive measure of immune functioning in young children: Correlates of individual differences and sensitivity to laboratory stress

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 153-167

  Riis, Jenna L ^a   Granger, Douglas A ^a,b,c   Dipietro, Janet A ^a   Bandeen Roche, Karen ^a   Johnson, Sara B ^a,b,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute stress; Children; Cortisol; Cytokines; Saliva; Salivary alpha amylase

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

AMYLASE; CYTOKINE; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SALIVA;

ALPHA-AMYLASES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNITY; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKIN-8; MALE; ORAL HEALTH; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84923004163     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21271     Document Type: Article

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