Lymphocyte subsets, cardiovascular measures and anxiety state before and after a professional examination

Stress

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 93-99

  Marazziti, Donatella ^a   Ambrogi, Fabio ^a   Abelli, Marianna ^a   Nasso, Elena Di ^a   Catena, Mario ^a   Massimetti, Gabriele ^a   Carlini, Marina ^a   Dell'Osso, Liliana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute stress; Blood pressure; CD4 + CD8 + ratio; Examination stress; Heart rate; HRSA

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS; ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENTAL STRESS; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SELF REPORT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANXIETY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHIATRY; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33947303333     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: 16078888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10253890601170563     Document Type: Article

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