Morning-to-Afternoon Increases in Cortisol Concentrations for Infants and Toddlers at Child Care: Age Differences and Behavioral Correlates

Child Development

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1006-1020

  Watamura, Sarah E ^a,b   Donzella, Bonny ^a   Alwin, Jan ^a   Gunnar, Megan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 0141987697     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00583     Document Type: Article

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