Hair cortisol concentration is unaffected by basic military training, but related to sociodemographic and environmental factors

Stress

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 35-41

  Boesch, Maria ^a,b   Sefidan, Sandra ^a,b   Annen, Hubert ^b   Ehlert, Ulrike ^a   Roos, Lilian ^c   Van Uum, Stan ^d   Russell, Evan ^d   Koren, Gideon ^d   La Marca, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Federal Office of Sport   (Switzerland)

^d WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air humidity; Air temperature; Chronic stress; Education; Hair cortisol; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenocortical axis; Meteorological data; Sweating

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS; SWISS; TRAINING; YOUNG ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS; ETIOLOGY; EXERCISE; HAIR; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MILITARY MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; SWITZERLAND; TIME; WEATHER; WORK;

BIOMARKERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HAIR; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; JOB DESCRIPTION; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, HUMAN; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS; WEATHER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923914358     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: 16078888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10253890.2014.974028     Document Type: Article

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