Abstract
This study examined relationships between social support, stressful life events and antigen-specific cell-mediated immunity. Participants were 72 women with documented metastatic breast carcinoma, who completed self-report measures of social support and life stress. Immune response was assessed using the delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) skin test. Number of positive antigens was significantly related to the interaction of social network size and stressful life events (p
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 241-249 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | International Journal of Psychophysiology |
Volume | 54 |
Issue number | 3 |
Publication status | Published - 2004 |