Increased cortisol concentrations in hair of severely traumatized Ugandan individuals with PTSD

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1193-1200

  Steudte, Susann ^a   Kolassa, Iris Tatjana ^b,c   Stalder, Tobias ^a   Pfeiffer, Anett ^b   Kirschbaum, Clemens ^a   Elbert, Thomas ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological markers; Cortisol; Hair; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Traumatic events

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UGANDA; UP-REGULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051474918     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.02.012     Document Type: Article

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