Stress in employed women: Impact of marital status and children at home on neurohormone output and home strain

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 352-361

  Luecken, Linda J ^a   Suarez, Edward C ^a,b   Kuhn, Cynthia M ^a   Barefoot, John C ^a   Blumenthal, James A ^a   Siegler, Ilene C ^a   Williams, Redford B ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Employed women; Marital status; Parenting; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HOME; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 0030741519     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-199707000-00003     Document Type: Article

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