Relationship between a traumatic life event and an alteration in stress response

Stress and Health

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 65-73

  Izutsu, Takashi ^a   Tsutsumi, Atsuro ^a   Asukai, Nozomu ^b   Kurita, Hiroshi ^a   Kawamura, Noriyuki ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Industrial health; Strain; Stress tolerance; Traumatic life event

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 2342534375     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.997     Document Type: Article

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