Reduced vagal cardiac control variancein exhausted and high strain job subjects

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 267-278

  Collins, Sean ^a   Karasek, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cardiac regulation; Exhaustion; Heart rate variability; Job strain; Vagal cardiac control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VAGUS NERVE; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FATIGUE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VAGUS NERVE; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 79951611982     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10001-010-0023-6     Document Type: Article

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