Unemployment is a source of acute and long-term psychosocial stress. Acute and chronic psychosocial stress can induce pronounced changes in human immune responses. In this study we tested our hypothesis that stress-induced low-grade tissue inflammation is more prevalent among the unemployed.
Department of Psychiatry, Kuopio University Hospital and Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Kuopio, FI-70210 Kuopio, Finland. jukka.hintikka@kuh.fi
