Ambulatory blood pressure, heart rate, and neuroendocrine responses in women nurses during work and off work days

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 387-396

  Goldstein, Iris B ^a   Shapiro, David ^a   Chicz Demet, Aleksandra ^b   Guthrie, Don ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure; Catecholamines; Cortisol; Women; Work

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN;

ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADRENALIN URINE LEVEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NORADRENALIN URINE LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WORKING TIME;

EID: 0033041372     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-199905000-00020     Document Type: Article

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