Mental workload under time pressure can trigger frequent hot flashes in menopausal women

Industrial Health

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 261-268

  Park, Mi Kyong ^a   Satoh, Noriaki ^a   Kumashiro, Masaharu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Female worker; Menopausal hot flash; Mental workload

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MENOPAUSE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OXYGEN SATURATION; REACTION TIME; RISK FACTOR; SKIN POTENTIAL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKLOAD;

FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; PERIMENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; WOMEN, WORKING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 46049116635     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.46.261     Document Type: Article

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