Plasma dopamine in workers exposed to urban stressor

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 421-427

  Tomei, Gianfranco ^a   Capozzella, Assuntina ^a   Ciarrocca, Manuela ^a   Fiore, Pina ^a   Valeria Rosati, Maria ^a   Fiaschetti, Maria ^a   Casale, Teodorico ^a   Anzelmo, Vincenza ^b   Tomei, Francesco ^a   Monti, Carlo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Municipality of Rome ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

air pollutants; dopamine; mental health diseases; traffic police officers; urban stressor

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DOPAMINE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOPAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PANIC; POLICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANXIETY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PANIC DISORDER; POLICE; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN HEALTH; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 43449131540     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233707080043     Document Type: Article

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