Occupational differences in job strain and physiological stress: Female nurses and school teachers in Hawaii

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 524-530

  Brown, Daniel E ^a   James, Gary D ^b   Mills, Phoebe S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure; Epinephrine; Job strain; Norepinephrine; Stress; Women

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE; NORADRENALIN;

ADRENALIN URINE LEVEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY MASS; CATECHOLAMINE EXCRETION; CATECHOLAMINE URINE LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; JOB STRESS; MENOPAUSE; NORADRENALIN URINE LEVEL; NURSE; NURSING ASSISTANT; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TEACHER; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

ASIAN AMERICANS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CATECHOLAMINES; DECISION MAKING; ETHNIC GROUPS; FACULTY; FEMALE; HAWAII; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; NURSES; NURSES' AIDES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STRESS;

EID: 33748043995     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.psy.0000222356.71315.8e     Document Type: Article

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