Cortisol in the first year of life: Normative values and intra-individual variability

Early Human Development

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-16

  Tollenaar, Marieke S ^a   Jansen, Jarno ^a   Beijers, Roseriet ^a   Riksen Walraven, J Marianne ^a   de Weerth, Carolina ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INFANCY; INFANT; NORMAL VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SALIVA;

EID: 77649184419     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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