Stress hormones and vascular function in firefighters during concurrent challenges

Biological Psychology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 152-160

  Webb, Heather E ^a   Garten, Ryan S ^b   McMinn, David R ^c   Beckman, Jamie L ^c   Kamimori, Gary H ^d   Acevedo, Edmund O ^e  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^d WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; HPA axis; Mental stress; Physical stress; SA axis

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ENDOTHELIN 1; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 6; NORADRENALIN; STRESS HORMONE; THROMBOXANE B2;

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; EXERCISE; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CATECHOLAMINES; EMPLOYMENT; EPINEPHRINE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FIRES; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HORMONES; HUMANS; NOREPINEPHRINE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL EXERTION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79953307683     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2011.02.024     Document Type: Article

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