Marital status and variability in cortisol excretion in postmenopausal women

Biological Psychology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-38

  Englert, Regina C ^a   Dauser, Deborah ^a   Gilchrist, Alice ^a   Samociuk, Holly A ^a   Singh, Ravinder J ^b   Kesner, James S ^c   Cuthbert, Carla D ^b   Zarfos, Kristen ^d   Gregorio, David I ^a   Stevens, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

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

^d SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Epidemiology; Marriage; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; INCOME; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONNECTICUT; CREATININE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 37349087165     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2007.08.011     Document Type: Article

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