Basal cortisol, dexamethasone suppression of cortisol, and MHPG in adolescents after the 1988 earthquake in Armenia

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 153, Issue SUPPL., 1996, Pages 929-934

  Goenjian, Armen K ^a   Yehuda, Rachel ^a   Pynoos, Robert S ^a   Steinberg, Alan M ^a   Tashjian, Madeline ^a   Yang, Ren Kwei ^a   Najarian, Louis M ^a   Fairbanks, Lynn A ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; DISASTER; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INJURY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL;

EID: 0029949410     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.153.7.929     Document Type: Article

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