Salivary biomarkers of stress among teachers in an urban setting

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 278-287

  Masilamani, Retneswari ^a   Darus, Azlan ^a   Ting, Anselm Su ^a   Ali, Roslinah ^b   Mahmud, Awang Bulgiba Awang ^a   David, Koh ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malaysia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Job Content Questionnaire; occupational stress; salivary biomarkers; salivary cortisol; salivary IgA; teacher stress

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SALIVA; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MALAYSIA; MALE; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84859075635     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539510393725     Document Type: Article

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