Chronic stress in elderly carers of dementia patients and antibody response to influenza vaccination.
BACKGROUND: There are many reports of psychological morbidity in spousal carers of patients with dementia. The consequences of this increased stress on the immune system are unclear. We investigated whether antibody responses to influenza vaccination differed between carers and a control group, and...
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Natura: | Journal article |
Lingua: | English |
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1999
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