Plasma Cortisol Levels and Workers Exposed to Urban Pollutants

Industrial Health

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 320-326

  Tomei, Francesco ^a,c   Rosati, Maria Valeria ^a   Ciarrocca, Manuela ^a   Baccolo, Tiziana Paola ^a   Gaballo, Monica ^a   Caciari, Tiziana ^a   Tomao, Enrico ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ITAF   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Outdoor activity; Police officers; Stressors; Urban pollutants

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICE; POLLUTANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0142178044     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.41.320     Document Type: Article

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