Ecological salivary cortisol specimen collection - Part 1: Methodological consideration of yield, error, and effects of sampling decisions in a perinatal mental health study

Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 273-284

  Seng, Julia S ^a   King, Anthony P ^a   Gabriel, Cynthia ^a   Reed, Caroline D ^a   Sperlich, Mickey ^a   Dunbar, Sara ^a   Fraker, Emily ^a   Ronis, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Community based research; Ecological validity; Methodology; Posttraumatic stress; Salivary cortisol

Indexed keywords

EID: 50349083383     PISSN: 10783903     EISSN: 15325725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078390308322944     Document Type: Article

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