Salivary Cortisol and Psychopathology in Children Bereaved by the September 11, 2001 Terror Attacks

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 957-965

  Pfeffer, Cynthia R ^a   Altemus, Margaret ^a   Heo, Moonseong ^a   Jiang, Hong ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bereavement; children; cortisol; HPA axis; psychopathology

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; MORBIDITY; PARENTAL DEPRIVATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALIVA ANALYSIS; TERRORISM;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALIVA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33947601969     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2006.07.037     Document Type: Article

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