Responses of the autonomic nervous system during periods of perceived high and low work stress in younger and older female teachers

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 311-318

  Ritvanen, Tiina ^a   Louhevaara, Veikko ^a   Helin, Pertti ^a   Väisänen, Sari ^b   Hänninen, Osmo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ageing; Psychophysiological stress; Teachers

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; HEALTH CARE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; STRESS ANALYSIS;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; HEALTHY FEMALE TEACHERS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS;

NEUROLOGY;

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ERGONOMICS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; JOB STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; RELAXATION TRAINING; TEACHER; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 31944442094     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2005.06.013     Document Type: Article

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