Is burnout related to allostatic load?

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 213-221

  Langelaan, Saar ^a   Bakker, Arnold B ^a,b   Schaufeli, Wilmar B ^a   Van Rhenen, Willem ^c   Van Doornen, Lorenz J P ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ArboNed BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allostatic load; Blood pressure; Burnout; Cholesterol; Glucose; Physical health

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ALLOSTASIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BURNOUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EXHAUSTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MALE; MANAGER; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 37049021817     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03002995     Document Type: Article

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