Associations of cortisol with posttraumatic stress symptoms and negative life events: A study of police officers and firefighters

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1113-1118

  Witteveen, Anke B ^a,b   Huizink, Anja C ^a   Slottje, Pauline ^a,b,c   Bramsen, Inge ^a,d   Smid, Tjabe ^a,b,e   van der Ploeg, Henk M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d ROTTERDAM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^e KLM Health Services   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Epidemiology; Firefighters; Police; Posttraumatic stress; Saliva

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISASTER; FEMALE; FIRE FIGHTER; GENDER; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SMOKING;

DISASTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; POLICE; SALIVA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 77954959068     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.12.013     Document Type: Article

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