Free cortisol levels after awakening: A reliable biological marker for the assessment of adrenocortical activity

Life Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 26, 1997, Pages 2539-2549

  Pruessner, J C ^a   Wolf, O T ^a   Hellhammer, D H ^a   Buske Kirschbaum, A ^a   Von Auer, K ^a   Jobst, S ^a   Kaspers, F ^a   Kirschbaum, C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Age; Awakening; Cortisol; Oral contraceptives; Saliva; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYDROCORTISONE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREMENOPAUSE; SALIVA LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAKEFULNESS;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADULT; AGED; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; KINETICS; MALE; PREMENOPAUSE; SALIVA; SLEEP; SMOKING; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0031469353     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3205(97)01008-4     Document Type: Article

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