Hair cortisol reflects socio-economic factors and hair zinc in preschoolers

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 331-340

  Vaghri, Ziba ^a   Guhn, Martin ^a   Weinberg, Joanne ^a,b   Grunau, Ruth E ^a,b   Yu, Wayne ^a   Hertzman, Clyde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hair cortisol; Parental education; Preschoolers; Socioeconomic; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE HAIR LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INCOME; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PARENTAL SCHOOLING; PARENTHOOD; PATERNAL EDUCATION; POLICY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; ZINC HAIR LEVEL;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; ZINC;

EID: 84875257367     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2012.06.009     Document Type: Article

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