Psychological and physiological stress responses during repetitive work at an assembly line

Work and Stress

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 143-153

  Lundberg, Ulf ^a   Granqvist, Marianne ^b   Hansson, Tommy ^c   Magnusson, Marianne ^c   Wallin, Leif ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b VOLVO AERO CORPORATION   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Assembly line work; Blood pressure; Catecholamines; Stress

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE;

ADULT; ASSEMBLY LINE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STRESS; WORKER;

EID: 0024364230     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: 14645335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678378908256940     Document Type: Article

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