Urinary catecholamines and salivary cortisol on workdays and days off in relation to job strain among female health care providers

Relationship between two alternative occupational stress models and arterial stiffness: a cross-sectional study among Japanese workers

“…Therefore, occupational stress shown by ERI may be associated with developed atherosclerosis rather than arterial stiVness in early atherosclerosis. It has been reported that psychosocial stress increases SBP (Cesana et al 2003;Yan et al 2003) and circulating levels of neuroendocrine stress hormones (Fujiwara et al 2004), and that psychosocial stress is a relative stressor of the cardiac system (e.g., it disturbs the normal vasomotor response of large coronary arteries) (Yeung et al 1991). Since arterial stiVness is largely related to blood pressure (Tomiyama et al 2003), these mechanisms could dilute the positive association between job stress and increased arterial stiVness after adjustment for blood pressure.…”

Relationship between job strain and radial arterial wave reflection in middle-aged male workers

“…Although the exact underlying mechanisms for the association between job strain and CVD have not yet been fully elucidated, one possible explanation is that high job strain and its components activate the sympathoadrenomedullary system and increase catecholamine secretion (Harenstam and Theorell, 1988;Pollard et al, 1996;Fujiwara et al, 2004). These pathophysiological changes would negatively affect functional arterial properties such as increasing peripheral arterial tone and endothelial dysfunction (Hijmering et al, 2002).…”

Changes in excretion rates of stress hormones in medical staff exposed to electromagnetic radiation

“…The medical staff is exposed to different occupational stressors, some rising health and well being concerns (Deane et al 2002;Elfering et al 2002;Fujiwara et al 2004). Little is known about stress at work of the medical staff in physiotherapy, exposed to some common for the medical staff stressors as risk of infections, emotional load of dealing with patients, heavy lifting, exposure to chemicals, but also some specific stressors as the exposure to electromagnetic radiation (EMR) from different devices as equipment for microwave and high frequency diathermy, pulsed magnets, d'Arsonvale devices, optical sources (UV, IR and visible), lasers etc.…”