Influence of personality traits on plasma levels of cortisol and cholesterol

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 677-680

  LeBlanc, J ^a   Ducharme, M B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Cortisol; Extraversion; Type A. personality

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NEUROSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TYPE A BEHAVIOR;

EID: 18844374397     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2005.02.020     Document Type: Article

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