Psychosocial stress and health problems
Scandinavian Journal of Public HealthPublished 1 December 2012
Maria Danielsson, I. Heimerson, Ulf Lundberg, Aleksander Perski, Claes-Göran Stefansson, Torbjörn Åkerstedt
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An imbalance between demands placed on us and the authors' ability to manage them and the body’s stress system is adapted to confront sudden physical threats today.
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Stress can be defined as an imbalance between demands placed on us and our ability to manage them. The body’s stress system is adapted to confront sudden physical threats. Today, however, we are in ...
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