Challenges of measuring diurnal cortisol concentrations in a large population-based field study

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 499-508

  Halpern, Carolyn Tucker ^a,c   Whitsel, Eric A ^b   Wagner, Brandon ^b,c   Harris, Kathleen Mullan ^b,c  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Consent; Cortisol; Population based; Protocol adherence; USA

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; EVALUATION RESEARCH; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FIELD STUDY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORTH CAROLINA; OHIO; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SALIVA; SELF REPORT; TEXAS;

EID: 84857191191     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.07.019     Document Type: Article

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