A cross-sectional study on the relationship of job stress with natural killer cell activity and natural killer cell subsets among healthy nurses

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 378-383

  Morikawa, Yuko ^a,b   Kitaoka Higashiguchi, Kazuyo ^b   Tanimoto, Chie ^b   Hayashi, Midori ^b   Oketani, Reiko ^c   Miura, Katsuyuki ^a   Nishijo, Muneko ^a   Nakagawa, Hideaki ^a  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ISHIKAWA PREFECTURAL NURSING UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Pref Cent Hosp   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immune function; Job stress; Lymphocyte

Indexed keywords

CD16 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL COUNT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DYING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; JAPAN; LYMPHOCYTE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STRESS; WORK; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECEPTORS, IGG; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 26444434777     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13419145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.47.378     Document Type: Article

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