Academic stress and secretory immunoglobulin A.
Immediately before and after giving an oral presentation and taking examinations 10 final-year students provided saliva samples for immunoglobulin A assay. Compared with 'baseline', levels of immunoglobulin A were lower surrounding the examination conditions and before the presentation.
Lowe
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Department of Psychology, University of Hull, Hull, HU6 7RX, UK. G.Lowe@psy.hull.ac.uk
Urquhart
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Greenman
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Lowe
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D000328:Adult; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007071:Immunoglobulin A, Secretory / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D012463:Saliva / Q000276:immunology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000276:immunology*; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D015854:Up-Regulation / Q000502:physiology
D007071:Immunoglobulin A, Secretory