Reliability testing and applied use of a measure of neutrophil activation in stress research

Stress and Health

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 181-187

  Ellard, David R ^a   Barlow, Julie H ^a   Mian, Rubina ^a  

^a Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health status; Neutrophils; Nitro blue tetrazolium (NBT) test; Perceived stress; Test retest reliability

Indexed keywords

NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD SAMPLING; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL STRESS; NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM TEST; PROCESS MONITORING; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 6344258215     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1019     Document Type: Article

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