Chewing gum, stress and health

Stress and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 445-451

  Smith, Andrew Paul ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chewing gum; Health; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHEWING GUM; CHRONIC STRESS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYEE ATTITUDE; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB STRESS; LIFE STRESS; MALE; MARRIAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SALARY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS MANAGEMENT;

EID: 72149094332     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1272     Document Type: Article

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