A pilot study examining the relationship between stress and serum cortisol concentrations in women with asthma

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 823-828

  Laube, B L ^a,b   Curbow, Barbara A ^b   Costello, Richard W ^b   Fitzgerald, Sheila T ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Cortisol; Stress; Women

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LABORATORY TEST; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRESS;

EID: 0036773244     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rmed.2002.1366     Document Type: Article

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