Salivary cortisol, stress and mood in healthy older adults: The Zenith study

Biological Psychology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-9

  Simpson, Ellen E A ^a   McConville, Chris ^a   Rae, Gordon ^a   O'Connor, Jacqueline M ^a   Stewart Knox, Barbara J ^a   Coudray, Charles ^b   Strain, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Negative mood; Older adults; Perceived stress; Positive mood

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DATA ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; POSITIVE AFFECT AND NEGATIVE AFFECT SCHEDULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SALIVA LEVEL; STRESS; VOLUNTEER;

AFFECT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SALIVA; SEX FACTORS; STRESS;

EID: 41249084419     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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