Medical staff in emergency situations: Severity of patient status predicts stress hormone reactivity and recovery

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 373-374

  Sluiter, J K ^a   Van Der Beek, A J ^a   Frings Dresen, M H W ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HEALTH STATUS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT; PHYSICAL STRESS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD; BLOOD; BURNOUT; CHEMISTRY; DENMARK; MENTAL STRESS; SALIVA; TIME;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; DENMARK; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037734168     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.60.5.373     Document Type: Article

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