Diurnal profiles of salivary cortisol on workdays among construction workers versus white-collar workers

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, Supplement

Volumn , Issue 2, 2006, Pages 22-26

  Hansen, Åse Marie ^a   Persson, Roger ^a   Garde, Anne Helene ^a   Karlson, Björn ^b   Øbæk, Palle ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Hypothalamus pituitary adrenal axis; Radioimmunoassay; Workhour

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH RISK; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ADULT; AGED; AROUSAL; BLUE COLLAR WORKER; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSTANTS AND COEFFICIENTS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; WHITE COLLAR WORKER; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; AGED; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SALIVA;

EID: 33751067419     PISSN: 03566528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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