Evaluation of a radioimmunoassay and establishment of a reference interval for salivary cortisol in healthy subjects in Denmark

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 303-310

  Hansen, Åse Marie ^a   Garde, A H ^a   Christensen, J M ^a   Eller, N H ^b   Netterstrom B ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Age; Biological variation; BMI; Evaluation; Gender; Reactivity; Recovery; Reference interval; Salivary cortisol

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE SALIVA LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REFERENCE VALUE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0042232469     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365510310001942     Document Type: Article

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