Intergenerational predictors of diurnal cortisol secretion in early childhood

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 151-170

  Fisher, Dahlia Ben Dat ^a   Serbin, Lisa A ^a   Stack, Dale M ^a   Ruttle, Paula L ^a   Ledingham, Jane E ^b   Schwartzman, Alex E ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atypical patterns; Diurnal cortisol; Hierarchical linear modelling; Intergenerational; Mothers' behaviour; Young children

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247591815     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: 15227219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.474     Document Type: Article

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