Effects of woodland walking on salivary stress markers cortisol and chromogranin A

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-34

  Toda, Masahiro ^a,b   Den, Rei ^b   Hasegawa Ohira, Masako ^b   Morimoto, Kanehisa ^b,c  

^a OSAKA DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND SPORT SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromogranin A (CgA); Cortisol; Forest; Human saliva; Walking

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGRANIN A; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; SITTING; UPLIFT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WALKING; WORKPLACE;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHROMOGRANIN A; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREES; WALKING;

EID: 84873111913     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2012.11.004     Document Type: Article

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