title: Poetry writing and secretory immunoglobulin A.
abstract: 17 healthy students provided saliva samples for Immunoglobulin A (s-IgA) assay before and after sessions of either writing poetry or reading magazines (control). Levels of s-IgA increased after the poetry-writing sessions but not after reading.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Hull, UK. G.Lowe@hull.ac.uk
authors.forename: Geoff
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lowe
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Beckett
authors.forename: Gillian
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lowe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007071:Immunoglobulin A, Secretory / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D011037:Poetry as Topic; D011932:Reading; D012463:Saliva / Q000276:immunology; D012650:Self Disclosure; D013850:Thinking / Q000502:physiology; D014956:Writing
chemical_list: D007071:Immunoglobulin A, Secretory