Socioeconomic and race/ethnic differences in daily salivary cortisol profiles: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 932-943

  Hajat, Anjum ^a   Diez Roux, Ana ^a   Franklin, Tracy G ^a   Seeman, Teresa ^b   Shrager, Sandi ^c   Ranjit, Nalini ^d   Castro, Cecilia ^e   Watson, Karol ^b   Sanchez, Brisa ^a   Kirschbaum, Clemens ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Division of Cardiology ^*  (United States)

^f DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortisol awakening response; Cortisol diurnal pattern; Race ethnicity; Salivary cortisol; Socioeconomic status; Stress

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA CORTISOL LEVEL; SALIVA LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVA; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77953024699     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.12.009     Document Type: Article

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