Low salivary cortisol and elevated depressive affect among rural men in botswana: Reliability and validity of laboratory results

Journal of Physiological Anthropology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 91-101

  Decker, Seamus A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allostatic load; Botswana; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Indigenous mental health; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Poverty; Radioimmunoassay; Salivary cortisol; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODICITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RURAL POPULATION; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BOTSWANA; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODICITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL POPULATION; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33745330239     PISSN: 18806791     EISSN: 18806805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2114/jpa2.25.91     Document Type: Article

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