Cortisol levels and psychosocial factors in preadolescent children

Stress and Health

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-9

  Gustafsson, Per E ^a   Gustafsson, Per A ^a   Nelson, Nina ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Child; Cortisol; Psychiatric symptoms; Socio economic factors; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; IMMIGRANT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOBIOLOGY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS; SWEDEN;

EID: 33644774832     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1074     Document Type: Article

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