Workload and morning salivary cortisol in women

Work and Stress

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 356-363

  Lundberg, Ulf ^a   Hellström, Birgitta ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

HPA axis; Overtime; Salivary cortisol; Work related stress

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS; SWEDEN; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0036821239     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0267837021000064427     Document Type: Article

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