Physiological differences between burnout patients and healthy controls: Blood pressure, heart rate, and cortisol responses

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  De Vente, W ^a   Olff, M ^b   Van Amsterdam, J G C ^c   Kamphuis, J H ^a   Emmelkamp, P M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Speciality Programme Psychotrauma   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BURNOUT; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0037805768     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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