Heart rate and blood pressure in male police officers and clerical workers on workdays and non-workdays

Work and Stress

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 160-174

  McLaren, Suzanne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Heart rate; Occupational stress; Police officers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OFFICE WORKER; POLICE; WORKING TIME;

EID: 0030801998     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678379708256832     Document Type: Article

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