Psychosocial and behavioral determinants of immune aging

This thesis explored the hypothesis that cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and its reactivation may be a shared mechanism linking psychosocial and behavioral factors with the age-associated decline in immunity, known as immunosenescence. The first empirical chapter (Chapter 3) showed that psychologica...

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Main Author: Rector, Jerrald L.
Published: University of Birmingham 2015
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.636838