Home-school differences in stress hormone levels in a group of oxford primary schoolchildren

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 73-78

  Long, B L ^a   Ungpakorn, G ^a   Harrison, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; STRESS; URINALYSIS;

AROUSAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0027393733     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932000020319     Document Type: Article

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