Leukocyte reactivity as an objective means of quantifying mental loading during ergonomic evaluation

Cellular Immunology

Volumn 263, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 22-30

  Shelton Rayner, G K ^a   Macdonald, D W ^b   Chandler, S ^c   Robertson, D ^c   Mian, R ^d  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c JAGUAR LAND ROVER   (United Kingdom)

^d Oxford MediStress Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemiluminescence; Habituation; Leukocytes; Luminol; Mental workload; Neutrophils; Psychological stress; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CELL FUNCTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORE TEMPERATURE; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEUTROPHIL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKLOAD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77952541302     PISSN: 00088749     EISSN: 10902163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cellimm.2010.02.011     Document Type: Article

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