Short communication: Secretory immunoglobulin-A reactivity following increases in workload intensity using the Defined Intensity Stressor Simulation (DISS)

Stress and Health

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 99-106

  Wetherell, Mark A ^a,b   Sidgreaves, Martin C ^b  

^a MRC Health Services Research Collaboration   (United Kingdom)

^b Stress Sim Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute stress; Defined Intensity Stressor Simulation (DISS); Increased workload; Perceived workload demands; S IgA reactivity

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOWN REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL STRESS; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL STRESS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UPREGULATION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 17844387811     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1038     Document Type: Article

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