Psychoneuroendocrinology
Volume 33, Issue 8 , Pages 1041-1050 , September 2008

Hostility is related to clusters of T-cell cytokines and chemokines in healthy men

  • Paula M.C. Mommersteeg

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Psychoneuroimmunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, KC03.068.0, Lundlaan 6, 3584EA Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • CoRPS-Center of Research on Psychology in Somatic diseases, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Eric Vermetten

      Affiliations

    • Research Centre, Military Mental Healthcare, Ministry of Defense, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Annemieke Kavelaars

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Psychoneuroimmunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, KC03.068.0, Lundlaan 6, 3584EA Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Elbert Geuze

      Affiliations

    • Research Centre, Military Mental Healthcare, Ministry of Defense, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Cobi J. Heijnen

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Psychoneuroimmunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, KC03.068.0, Lundlaan 6, 3584EA Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31 88 7554351.

Received 29 November 2007 ,Revised 15 April 2008 ,Accepted 9 May 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2008.05.007

Psychoneuroendocrinology
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