Components of the diurnal cortisol cycle in relation to upper respiratory symptoms and perceived stress

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 320-327

  Edwards, Sue ^a   Hucklebridge, Frank ^a   Clow, Angela ^a   Evans, Phil ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Psychology ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Diurnal rhythm; Stress; Upper respiratory illness

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DYNAMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA LEVEL; SECRETION; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS; SYMPTOM; TIME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VARIANCE; WAKEFULNESS;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC DISEASES; PHARYNGITIS; SALIVA; SLEEP; SNEEZING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0037346614     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PSY.0000033123.70631.8E     Document Type: Article

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