Stability of the diurnal cortisol profile in children and adolescents

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1981-1989

  Rotenberg, Sivan ^a   McGrath, Jennifer J ^a   Roy Gagnon, Marie Helene ^b   Tu, Mai Thanh ^b  

^a Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Cortisol; HPA axis; Methodology; Stability

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENARCHE; ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DIURNAL CORTISOL PROFILE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP TIME; WAKEFULNESS;

ADOLESCENT; AREA UNDER CURVE; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PUBERTY; SALIVA; SEASONS; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84869888795     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2012.04.014     Document Type: Article

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