The association between work stress and inflammatory biomarkers in Jordanian male workers

Psychophysiology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 172-177

  Almadi, Tawfiq ^a   Cathers, Ian ^a   Hamdan Mansour, Ayman M ^b   Chow, Chin Moi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Biochemical; Psychopathological

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856088369     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2011.01296.x     Document Type: Article

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