Intraindividual Variation in Recent Stress Exposure as a Moderator of Cortisol and Testosterone Levels

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 194-200

  Roy, Mark ^a   Kirschbaum, Clemens ^b   Steptoe, Andrew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA LEVEL; STRESS;

EID: 0347353569     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15324796ABM2603_04     Document Type: Article

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