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Seasonal patterns of stress, immune function, and disease /
This first book to examine seasonal immune function from an interdisciplinary perspective presents evidence that infection is cyclical with the seasons, and that this phenomenon is mirrored in cycles of immune function. Stress, infectious diseases, autoimmune diseases, and human cancers are examined...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2002.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This first book to examine seasonal immune function from an interdisciplinary perspective presents evidence that infection is cyclical with the seasons, and that this phenomenon is mirrored in cycles of immune function. Stress, infectious diseases, autoimmune diseases, and human cancers are examined, and the role of hormones is considered. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 291 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-286) and index. |
| ISBN: | 051106585X 9780511065859 0511067984 9780511067983 0511116721 9780511116728 9780511546341 0511546343 9780521021173 0521021170 |