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Title:
Measuring stress in humans : a practical guide for the field
Author:
Ice, Gillan H.
ISBN:
9781107407589
Publication Information:
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012
Physical Description:
xii, 271 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series:
Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology 49
Contents:
Pt. I. General principles. Conducting a field study of stress: general principles / Gillian H. Ice and Gary D. James -- Pt. II. Measuring stress responses. Cultural dimensions of the stress process: measurement issues in fieldwork / William W. Dressler -- Measuring emotional and behavioral response / Gillian H. Ice -- Measuring hormonal variation in the sympathetic nervous system: catecholamines / Daniel E. Brown -- Measuring hormonal variation in the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis: cortisol / Tessa M. Pollard and Gillian H. Ice -- Measuring physiological changes in the cardiovascular system: ambulatory blood pressure / Gary D. James -- Measuring immune function: markers of cell-mediated immunity and inflammation in dried blood spots / Thomas w. McDade -- Pt. III. Practical issues in studying stress. Measuring stress in special populations / Sharon R. Williams -- Study design and data analysis / Gary D. James and Gillian H. Ice -- Protection of human subjects in stress research: an investigator's guide to the process / Gary D. James and Gillian H. Ice -- Epilog: summary and future directions / Gary D. James and Gillian H. Ice.
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