Selected hormonal and immunological reponses to strenuous live-fire firefighting drills

Ergonomics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-65

  Smith, D L ^a   Petruzzello, S J ^b   Chludzinski, M A ^b   Reed, J J ^c   Woods, J A ^b  

^a SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Firefighting; Heat stress; Hormonal response; Immunological response

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; FIRE PROTECTION; HORMONES; IMMUNOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

CORTISOL; FIREFIGHTERS; HORMONAL RESPONSE; LEUKOCYTOSIS;

ERGONOMICS;

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIRE FIGHTER; HEALTH STATUS; HEART RATE; HEAT SENSATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; JOB PERFORMANCE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; NERVOUSNESS; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRAINING;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; FIRES; HEART RATE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; RESCUE WORK; TEACHING;

EID: 12344318575     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130412331303911     Document Type: Article

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