An investigation into the relationship between salivary cortisol, stress, anxiety and depression

Biological Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 89-96

  Vedhara, Kav ^a   Miles, Jeremy ^b   Bennett, Paul ^c   Plummer, Sue ^d   Tallon, Deborah ^a   Brooks, Emily ^a   Gale, Lone ^a   Munnoch, Katherine ^a   Schreiber Kounine, Christa ^a   Fowler, Clare ^a   Lightman, Stafford ^a   Sammon, Alistair ^a   Rayter, Zenon ^a   Farndon, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Diagnostech   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Salivary cortisol; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SALIVA LEVEL; SELF REPORT; TIME;

ADULT; ANXIETY; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 12244301553     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-0511(02)00128-X     Document Type: Article

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