Abstract:Introduction
Stress is a known contributor to immune system suppression associated with higher illness susceptibility, including acute infectious respiratory illness, or the common cold. Sleep quality, shown to impact immunity, is an additional mechanism that may underlie the association between stress and cold symptomatology. Although the associations between stress and sleep and cold symptomatology have been examined separately, little is known about the mechanistic role of sleep in these a… Show more
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