Attenuated cortisol response to a standardized stress test in Lithuanian versus Swedish men: The LiVicordia study

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-30

  Kristenson, Margareta ^a   Orth Gomér, Kristina ^c   Kucinskienë, Zita ^b   Bergdahl, Björn ^a   Calkauskas, Henrikas ^b   Balinkyniene, Irena ^b   Olsson, Anders G ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chronic stress; Cortisol; Population Study; Stress test

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXERCISE TEST; EXHAUSTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; LITHUANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SWEDEN;

EID: 0031847093     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327558ijbm0501_2     Document Type: Article

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