Stress hormones in health and illness: The roles of work and gender

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1017-1021

  Lundberg, Ulf ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Epinephrine; Gender; Norepinephrine; Work stress

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE;

ARTICLE; COGNITION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; SURVIVAL; WORK; WORKER;

ANIMALS; DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS; WORK;

EID: 22144482776     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2005.03.014     Document Type: Article

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