Gender and ethnic differences in urinary stress hormones: The population-based Chicago Health, Aging, and Social Relations Study

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 941-947

  Masi, Christopher M ^a,b   Rickett, Edith M ^b   Hawkley, Louise C ^a   Cacioppo, Joan T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Blacks; Cortisol; Creatinine; Epinephrine; Male; Norepinephrine

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CREATININE; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URINARY STRESS HORMONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSCLE MASS; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; STRESS INCONTINENCE; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS; URINE VOLUME;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPINEPHRINE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HORMONES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; ILLINOIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOREPINEPHRINE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS;

EID: 4344623284     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00256.2004     Document Type: Article

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