The relationship between salivary cortisol concentrations in frozen versus mailed samples

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 613-616

  Clements, Andrea D ^a   Richard Parker, C ^b  

^a E Tennessee Stt Univ Coll Med   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol levels; Cortisol measurement; Cortisol stability; Saliva collection; Saliva storage; Salivary cortisol

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREEZING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SAMPLING; TRAVEL;

EID: 0032144194     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(98)00031-6     Document Type: Article

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