Do health checks cause stress?

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 319-323

  Kelly, M P ^a   Carey, L ^b   Hanlon, P ^b   Tannahill, C ^b   McEwen, J ^b   Tannahill, A ^b   Gilmour, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Behavioural change; Coping; Health checks; Health promotion; Stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRESS;

ENGINEERING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SCOTLAND; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032772718     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/49.5.319     Document Type: Article

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