Child care setting affects salivary cortisol and antibody secretion in young children

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1156-1166

  Watamura, Sarah Enos ^a   Coe, Christopher L ^b   Laudenslager, Mark L ^c   Robertson, Steven S ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care; Cortisol; Early childhood; Illness; Immunity; Stress; URI

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL;

EID: 77955589109     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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