Socioeconomic Status Interacts with Conscientiousness and Neuroticism to Predict Circulating Concentrations of Inflammatory Markers

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 240-250

  Elliot, Ari J ^a   Turiano, Nicholas A ^b   Chapman, Benjamin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Conscientiousness; Inflammation; Interleukin 6; Neuroticism; Personality; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IL6 PROTEIN, HUMAN; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTICISM; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84991112022     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12160-016-9847-z     Document Type: Article

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