Cortisol, reaction time test and health among offshore shift workers

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1339-1347

  Harris, Anette ^a,b   Waage, Siri ^a,b   Ursin, Holger ^b   Hansen, Åse Marie ^c   Bjorvatn, Bjørn ^a,d   Eriksen, Hege R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Uni Research   (Norway)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^d HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Health; Offshore workers; Reaction time test; Shift work

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; STRESS HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OFFSHORE OIL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; SHIFT WORKER; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NORWAY; OCEANS AND SEAS; PETROLEUM; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; WORK;

EID: 77956619136     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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