Relationships between self-rating of recovery from work and morning salivary cortisol

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 24-30

  Gustafsson, Klas ^a   Lindfors, Petra ^a   Aronsson, Gunnar ^a   Lundberg, Ulf ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allostatic load; Recovery; Salivary cortisol; Self ratings

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ALLOSTASIS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REST; SALIVA; SWEDEN; WORK SCHEDULE;

ALLOSTASIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; REST; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 40349094452     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13489585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.50.24     Document Type: Article

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