Understanding and Assessing Cortisol Levels in Children and Adolescents

Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 318-338

  Nader, Kathleen ^a   Weems, Carl F ^b  

^a Two Suns   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

attachment; children; cortisol; development; personality; psychopathology; stress; trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859384772     PISSN: 19361521     EISSN: 1936153X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19361521.2011.624059     Document Type: Review

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