Health anxiety moderates the daytime cortisol slope

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 487-494

  Ferguson, Eamonn ^a  

^a Risk Analysis   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Diurnal variability; Health anxiety; Hypochondriasis

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOMETRY; SALIVA ANALYSIS; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; NEUROTIC DISORDERS;

EID: 42649103028     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2008.01.011     Document Type: Article

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