The excretion rates of stress hormones under mental work

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-50

  Vangelova, K ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

11 oxycorticosteroids; Adrenaline; Health risk; Noradrenaline; Occupational stress

Indexed keywords

11 HYDROXYCORTICOSTEROID; ADRENALIN; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COPING BEHAVIOR; EXCRETION; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

11-HYDROXYCORTICOSTEROIDS; ADULT; COGNITION; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 17144367301     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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