Recent and long-term occupational noise exposure and salivary cortisol level

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 21-32

  Stokholm, Zara Ann ^a   Hansen, Åse Marie ^b,c   Grynderup, Matias Brødsgaard ^a   Bonde, Jens Peter ^d   Christensen, Kent Lodberg ^a   Frederiksen, Thomas Winther ^a   Lund, Søren Peter ^b   Vestergaard, Jesper Medom ^a   Kolstad, Henrik Albert ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Occupational noise; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTISOL AWAKENING RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; EAR PROTECTION; FEMALE; GENDER; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEISURE; MALE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOISE POLLUTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SLEEP; SMOKING; WORK; WORKPLACE; ACOUSTIC STRESS; AROUSAL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LONG TERM EXPOSURE;

CORTISOL; HYPOTHALAMIC PITUITARY ADRENAL AXIS; OCCUPATIONAL NOISE; STRESS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84888030239     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.09.028     Document Type: Article

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