Urinary free cortisol excretion in elderly persons with minor and major depression

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 39-47

  Oldehinkel, Albertine J ^a   Van den Berg, Marjan D ^a   Flentge, Frans ^a   Bouhuys, Antoinette L ^a   Ter Horst, Gert J ^a   Ormel, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age; Chronic disease; Depressive disorder; Sex; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONICITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEROID EXCRETION; URINARY EXCRETION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RECURRENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0035840914     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(01)00300-6     Document Type: Article

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