Cortisol and testosterone levels on a weekend and a work day in three mountain villages in the Selška Valley of northwest Slovenia

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-33

  Vidovic M ^a   Hisheh, S ^b   Schmitt, L H ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lifestyle; Stress hormones; Weekly variation

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

HORMONE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFESTYLE; MOUNTAIN REGION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; TESTOSTERONE; VILLAGE; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SALIVA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLOVENIA; WORK;

FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SALIVA; SEX FACTORS; SLOVENIA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TESTOSTERONE; WORK;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SELSKA VALLEY; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33847208884     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460601054624     Document Type: Article

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