Ecological salivary cortisol analysis - Part 2: Relative impact of trauma history, posttraumatic stress, comorbidity, chronic stress, and known confounds on hormone levels

Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 285-296

  King, Anthony P ^a   Leichtman, Jennifer N ^a   Abelson, James L ^a   Liberzon, Israel ^a   Seng, Julia S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 50349097566     PISSN: 10783903     EISSN: 15325725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078390308321939     Document Type: Article

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