Ethnic/racial differences in the association between social support and levels of C-reactive proteins in the North Texas Heart Study

Psychophysiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 64-70

  Uchino, Bert N ^a   Ruiz, John M ^b   Smith, Timothy W ^a   Smyth, Joshua M ^c   Taylor, Daniel J ^b   Allison, Matthew ^d   Ahn, Chul ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Ethnicity race; Inflammation; Social support

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84952684332     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/psyp.12499     Document Type: Article

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