Systemic inflammatory markers and sources of social support among older adults in the Memory Research Unit cohort

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 397-406

  McHugh Power, Joanna ^a,b,c   Carney, Sile ^a,c   Hannigan, Caoimhe ^a,c   Brennan, Sabina ^a,c   Wolfe, Hannah ^a,c   Lynch, Marina ^a,c   Kee, Frank ^b   Lawlor, Brian ^a,c  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

age; health psychology; protective factors; quantitative methods

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE;

AGED; AGING; BLOOD; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTECTION; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; CHEMOKINES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROTECTIVE FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 85046040229     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105316676331     Document Type: Article

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