Salivary cortisol levels in children of low-income women with high depressive symptomatology

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 423-436

  Fernald, Lia C H ^a   Burke, Heather M ^b   Gunnar, Megan R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN POPULATION;

AROUSAL; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEXICO; MOTHERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SALIVA; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 42549106569     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579408000205     Document Type: Article

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