Hormone profiles in humans experiencing military survival training

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 891-901

  Morgan III, Charles A ^a   Wang, Sheila ^a,b   Mason, John ^a,b   Southwick, Steven M ^a,b   Fox, Patrick ^a,b   Hazlett, Gary ^c   Charney, Dennis S ^a,b   Greenfield, Gary ^d  

^a National Center for PTSD   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Second Battalion First Spec W   (United States)

^d US Army Psychol Applic D   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Military stress; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Testosterone; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE BINDING GLOBULIN; TRANSCORTIN;

ADULT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SALIVA; SOLDIER; SURVIVAL; WAR;

ADULT; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SALIVA; STRESS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVAL; TESTOSTERONE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 0034093646     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(99)00307-8     Document Type: Article

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