Measurement of cortisol in small quantities of saliva

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 658-660

  De Weerth, Carolina ^a   Graat, Gerard ^a   Buitelaar, Jan K ^b   Thijssen, Jos H H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SALIVA LEVEL; SALIVATION; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; STORAGE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT; SALIVA; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 0037381803     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/49.4.658     Document Type: Article

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