Assessment of salivary cortisol as stress marker in ambulance service personnel: Comparison between shifts working on mobile intensive care unit and patient transport ambulance

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1057-1064

  Backé, Eva M ^a   Kaul, Gerlinde ^a   Klumann, André ^b   Liebers, Falk ^a   Thim, Carmen ^a   Mabeck, Peter ^c   Steinberg, Ulf ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^c German Red Cross Secretariat   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ambulance service personnel; Cortisol; Saliva; Stress; Work demands

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SALIVA; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; AMBULANCES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SALIVA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76749102873     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-009-0428-3     Document Type: Article

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