Chronic burnout, somatic arousal and elevated salivary cortisol levels

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 591-598

  Melamed, Samuel ^a,b   Ugarten, Ursula ^c   Shirom, Arie ^b   Kahana, Luna ^d   Lerman, Yehuda ^b   Froom, Paul ^a,b  

^a Occupational Health and Rehabilitation Institute Israel   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Occupational Health Department   (Israel)

^d Endocrine Laboratory   (Israel)

Author keywords

Burnout; Chronic; Cortisol; Exhaustion; Sleep disturbances; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXHAUSTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; SLEEP DISORDER; STRESS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0033150557     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(99)00007-0     Document Type: Article

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