Differences in cortisol awakening response on work days and weekends in women and men from the Whitehall II cohort

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 516-528

  Kunz Ebrecht, Sabine R ^a,c   Kirschbaum, Clemens ^b   Marmot, Michael ^a   Steptoe, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Institute for Therapy Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compliance; Cortisol awakening response; Gender; Socioeconomic position; Time of awakening; Work stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SLEEP; SOCIOECONOMICS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 1642430885     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(03)00072-6     Document Type: Article

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