Measuring allostatic load in the workforce: A systematic review

Industrial Health

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 5-20

  Mauss, Daniel ^a,b   Li, Jian ^c   Schmidt, Burkhard ^a   Angerer, Peter ^c   Jarczok, Marc N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Occupational Health Services   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allostasis; Biomarker; Chronic stress; Employee health; Work related stress

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ALLOSTASIS; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; WORKPLACE;

ALLOSTASIS; BIOMARKERS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84922309478     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.2014-0122     Document Type: Article

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