Effort-reward imbalance, overcommitment, and cellular immune measures among white-collar employees

Biological Psychology

Volumn 88, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 270-279

  Nakata, Akinori ^a   Takahashi, Masaya ^b   Irie, Masahiro ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

B cell; Effort reward imbalance; Immune system; Job stress, Chronic stress; Natural killer cell; Overcommitment; Psychoneuroimmunology; Work condition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL COUNT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOTOXICITY; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SEX DIFFERENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BODY MASS INDEX; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYTOTOXICITY TESTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; JAPAN; JOB SATISFACTION; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REWARD; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 80053121320     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2011.08.012     Document Type: Article

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