Response of the pituitary-adrenal axis in terms of type a behaviour, hostility and vital exhaustion in healthy middle-aged men

Psychology and Health

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 533-542

  Keltikangas Järvinen, Liisa ^a   Räikkönen, Katri ^a   Adlercreutz, Herman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

ACTH; Cortisol secretion; Hostility; Type A behaviour; Vital exhaustion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031483235     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870449708406729     Document Type: Article

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