Urinary Indicators of Stress: Effects of Exposure to Simulated Sonar Noise for 8 to 23 Days
Abstract
Studies have been made of the relationships among excretion rates of urinary steroids hormones (indicators of stress) and a variety of other urinary metabolites in healthy young men subjected to mild laboratory-controlled stress of simulated sonar noise and continuous confinement for 8 to 23 days. The objective of the study was to evaluate the stress of an increased noise component in the environment of Naval personnel living on submarines. An approach to the problem has been to utilize orderly means for evaluation of the several kinds of urinary data commonly obtained for stress analysis. Significant correlations among the excreted hormones and accompanying metabolic components make possible an estimation of steroids, and thus of stress from any of several combinations of metabolic data. Using the techniques proposed, it is possible to evaluate stress responses from information more readily available than from the more complex and protracted steroid measurements.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 15, 1973
- Accession Number
- AD0780094
Entities
People
- Donald V. Tappan
- M. J. Jacey
- R. O. Madden
Organizations
- Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory