The assessment of cortisol in human hair: Associations with sociodemographic variables and potential confounders

Stress

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 578-588

  Dettenborn, L ^a,b   Tietze, A ^a   Kirschbaum, C ^a   Stalder, T ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age; Colour; Confounder; Hair cortisol; Sex; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; SHAMPOO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLEANING; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOBIOLOGY; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAIR; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84867364011     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: 16078888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10253890.2012.654479     Document Type: Article

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