Perceived Stress, Physiologic Stress Arousal, and Premenstrual Symptoms: Group Differences and Intra-Individual Patterns

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 511-523

  Woods, Nancy Fugate ^a   Lentz, Martha Jane ^b   Mitchell, Ellen Sullivan ^a   Heitkemper, Margaret ^a   Shaver, Joan ^b   Henker, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Cortisol; PMS; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING RESEARCH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STRESS; URINE;

ADULT; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INDIVIDUALITY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NOREPINEPHRINE; NURSING RESEARCH; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; STRESS;

EID: 0032325425     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-240x(199812)21:6<511::aid-nur5>3.0.co;2-w     Document Type: Article

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