Salivary cortisol measurement in developmental research: Where do we go from here?

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 205-220

  Clements, Andrea D ^a  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental research; HPA axis; Methodology; Salivary cortisol

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYDROCORTISONE;

AGE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SALIVA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD;

AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SALIVA; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84875381243     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21025     Document Type: Article

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