Work family balance, stress, and salivary cortisol in men and women academic physicians

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 54-61

  Bergman, B ^a   Ahmad, F ^a   Stewart, D E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Career; Cortisol; Gender; Stress; Work family; Workload

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FAMILY LIFE; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; JOB STRESS; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN INCOME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPONSIBILITY; SALIVA LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORK CAPACITY; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD REARING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FACULTY, MEDICAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOUSEKEEPING; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVA; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORK; WORKLOAD;

EID: 41349095710     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10705500701783942     Document Type: Article

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