Alpha amylase as a salivary biomarker of acute stress of venepuncture from periodic medical examinations

Frontiers in Public Health

Volumn 2, Issue AUG, 2014, Pages

  Koh, David ^a,b   Ng, Vivian ^a   Naing, Lin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acute stress; Alpha amylase; Periodic medical examination; Salivary biomarker; Venepuncture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938887008     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2014.00121     Document Type: Article

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