Salivary measures of stress and immunity in police officers engaged in simulated critical incident scenarios

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 595-602

  Groer, Maureen ^a   Murphy, Randall ^c   Bunnell, William ^c   Salomon, Kristin ^b   Van Eepoel, Jeanne ^a   Rankin, Blake ^a   White, Kristi ^b   Bykowski, Cathy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Meggitt's Training Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 6; SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTORCYCLE; POLICE; SALIVA ANALYSIS; VIRTUAL REALITY; WORKPLACE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; FIREARM; IMMUNOLOGY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SALIVA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALPHA-AMYLASES; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, SECRETORY; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICE; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954032765     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181e129da     Document Type: Article

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