Minireview: Hair cortisol: A novel biomarker of hypothalamic-pituitary- adrenocortical activity

Endocrinology

Volumn 153, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 4120-4127

  Meyer, Jerrold S ^a   Novak, Melinda A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYDROCORTISONE;

CHRONIC STRESS; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SHORT SURVEY; VALIDATION PROCESS; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HAIR; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM;

EID: 84865443024     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2012-1226     Document Type: Short Survey

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