Salivary cortisol and heart rate in stunted and nonstunted Nepalese school children

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1458-1465

  Fernald, L C ^a,b   Grantham McGregor, S M ^c   Manandhar, D S ^d   Costello, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Mother and Infant Research Activities MIRA   (Nepal)

Author keywords

HPA axis; Malnutrition; Nepal; Salivary cortisol; Stunting

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ARITHMETIC; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEART RATE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; NEPAL; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SALIVA; SALIVA LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ASPECT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; URBAN POPULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

BODY HEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEART RATE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; NEPAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0242693152     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601710     Document Type: Article

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