Job strain and anger expression predict early morning elevations in salivary cortisol

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 286-292

  Steptoe, Andrew ^a   Cropley, Mark ^a   Griffith, Jayne ^a   Kirschbaum, Clemens ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anger; Cortisol; Job strain; Teaching; Work stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; TEACHER;

EID: 0034117509     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-200003000-00022     Document Type: Article

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