Are cortisol profiles a stable trait during child development?

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 769-771

  Flinn, Mark V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOMINICA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 70450207169     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20981     Document Type: Conference Paper

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