Assessing individual systemic stress through cortisol analysis of archaeological hair

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 807-812

  Webb, Emily ^a   Thomson, Steven ^a   Nelson, Andrew ^a   White, Christine ^a   Koren, Gideon ^a   Rieder, Michael ^a,b   Van Uum, Stan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Hair; Health; Peru; Stress

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; HAIR; HEALTH STATUS; HORMONE; PATHOLOGY;

PERU;

EID: 77949541862     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.11.010     Document Type: Article

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