Area under the curve and other summary indicators of repeated waking cortisol measurements

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 651-659

  Fekedulegn, Desta B ^a,c   Andrew, Michael E ^a   Burchfiel, Cecil M ^a   Violanti, John M ^b   Hartley, Tara A ^a   Charles, Luenda E ^a   Miller, Diane B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Area under the curve; Principal component analysis; Repeated cortisol measurements; Time course of salivary cortisol; Total hormonal secretion

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA;

EID: 34648818907     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31814c405c     Document Type: Article

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