Stress hormones and immunological responses to a dual challenge in professional firefighters

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 312-318

  Huang, Chun Jung ^a   Webb, Heather E ^b   Garten, Ryan S ^c   Kamimori, Gary H ^d   Evans, Ronald K ^e   Acevedo, Edmund O ^e  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^d Walter Reed Army Institute for Research   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Cytokines; Exercise; Firefighters; Heart rate; Lymphocytes; Psychological stress

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CD56 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; NORADRENALIN; STRESS HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FIRE FIGHTER; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MENTAL TASK; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL STRESS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER CURVE; CATECHOLAMINES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOKINES; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EXERCISE; FIRES; HEART RATE; HORMONES; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77549088384     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2009.12.013     Document Type: Article

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