Intraindividual stability of hair cortisol concentrations

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 602-610

  Stalder, Tobias ^a   Steudte, Susann ^a   Miller, Robert ^a   Skoluda, Nadine ^a,b   Dettenborn, Lucia ^c   Kirschbaum, Clemens ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological markers; Hair cortisol; Human; Reliability; Stability; Trait

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIVIDUALITY; INTRAINDIVIDUAL STABILITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STEROID ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858045262     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.08.007     Document Type: Article

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