Environmental influences on family similarity in afternoon cortisol levels: Twin and parent-offspring designs

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1131-1137

  Schreiber, Jane E ^a   Shirtcliff, Elizabeth ^a   Hulle, Carol Van ^c   Lemery Chalfant, Kathryn ^d   Klein, Marjorie H ^e   Kalin, Ned H ^a,b,e   Essex, Marilyn J ^b,e   Goldsmith, H Hill ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Context; Cortisol; Environment; Family; Genetics; Twins

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE; TIME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEDIGREE; REFERENCE VALUES; SALIVA; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 33749241656     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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