Children's morning and evening salivary cortisol: Pattern, instruction compliance and sampling confounders

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-35

  Michels, N ^a   Sioen, I ^a,b   De Vriendt, T ^a,b   Huybrechts, I ^a   Vanaelst, B ^a,b   De Henauw, S ^a,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Awakening response; Children; Compliance; Reference values; Salivary cortisol

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

AGE; AROUSAL; CHECKLIST; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; SAMPLING; STRESS; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SALIVA; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84857370678     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000334412     Document Type: Conference Paper

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