Salivary alpha-amylase activity and stress in Japan air self-defense force cargo pilots involved in Iraq reconstruction

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 468-472

  Iizuka, Naotaka ^a,b   Awano, Shuji ^a   Ansai, Toshihiro ^a  

^a KYUSHU DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b Western Aircraft Control and Warning Wing   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; IRAQ; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; SOLDIER;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; ALPHA-AMYLASES; ANXIETY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; IRAQ; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84862155360     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22247     Document Type: Article

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