Immunosenescence
Subtitle: Psychosocial and Behavioral Determinants
Publisher: Springer
Published: Dec 06, 2012
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9781461447757
Description: This book presents the first multi-disciplinary approach to the understanding of immune aging, or immunosenescence; it combines biological data and clinical observations with psychological, social, and behavioral perspectives and is thus a valuable and timely contribution to the literature in this area.  Contributors, all eminent scholars in their respective fields, review thoroughly the state of the art in research that examines how psychological and behavioral factors influence the rate and extent of immune system aging.
Notes: Source title: Immunosenescence: Psychosocial and Behavioral Determinants