Diurnal salivary cortisol in relation to perceived stress at home and at work in healthy men and women

Biological Psychology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 193-197

  Sjörs, Anna ^a,b   Ljung, Thomas ^c   Jonsdottir, Ingibjörg H ^a,d  

^a Institute of Stress Medicine   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Awakening cortisol response; Circadian rhythm; HPA axis; Job stress; Psychosocial stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HOME STRESS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; JOB STRESS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEIVED STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; AWARENESS; ENVIRONMENT; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; AWARENESS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALIVA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84899696294     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2014.04.002     Document Type: Article

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