Cumulative trauma, emotion reactivity and salivary cytokine levels following acute stress in healthy women

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 82-94

  Szabo, Yvette Z ^a,b   Fernandez Botran, Rafael ^c   Newton, Tamara L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b VISN 17 Center of Excellence for Research on Returning War Veterans   (United States)

^c University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

anti inflammatory; cumulative trauma; Cytokines; emotion reactivity; trauma exposure

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA;

CHEMISTRY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SALIVA; YOUNG ADULT;

EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85053539674     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2018.1524377     Document Type: Article

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