Physiological stress responses in Filipino-American immigrant nurses: The effects of residence time, life-style, and job strain

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 394-400

  Brown, Daniel E ^a   James, Gary D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure; Catecholamines; Employed women; Migration; Modernization; Stress

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; NORADRENALIN;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE EXCRETION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; LIFESTYLE; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; STRESS; WORK;

EID: 0034037179     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-200005000-00013     Document Type: Article

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