Diurnal patterns of salivary cortisol across the adolescent period in healthy females

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 307-316

  Oskis, A ^a   Loveday, C ^a   Hucklebridge, F ^a   Thorn, L ^a   Clow, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescence; CAR; Cortisol awakening response; Female; Menarche; Puberty; Saliva

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MENARCHE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AROUSAL; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MENARCHE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SALIVA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 59249086051     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2008.09.009     Document Type: Article

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