Influence of academic examination stress on hematological measurements in subjectively healthy volunteers

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 201-212

  Maes, Michael ^a,b,c   Van Der Planken, Marc ^d   Van Gastel, Ann ^a   Bruyland, Karen ^d,e   Van Hunsel, Fran ^a   Neels, Hugo ^e   Hendriks, Dirk ^d   Wauters, Annick ^e   Demedts, Paul ^e   Janca, Aleksandar ^f   Scharpé, Simon ^d  

^a Clinical Research Center for Mental Health of Antwerp   (Belgium)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IRCSS   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^e OCMW Hospitals ^*  (Belgium)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blood cell count; Blood viscosity; Cell mediated immunity; Hematocrit; Lipids; Psychological stress

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032555988     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(98)00059-6     Document Type: Article

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