Abstract
Plasma level of 11-hydroxycorticosteroids and urinary excretion of catecholamines and 17-ketogenic steroids were measured on fresh workers newly graduated from school at the first and the third month of employment.
The values of adrenaline excretion and plasma 11-hydroxycorticosteroids of the new workers at the first month were significantly higher than those of the senior members in the same working place and than their own values at the third month.
As adrenal cortical and medullary hormone levels have been reported by many au- thors to be elevated in mental or emotional stresses, it was assumed that the new workers might get into some mental or emotional stress perhaps due to their first experience of the work at factory and adapted to such a stress after three months of work already.
