Transformation techniques for cross-sectional and longitudinal endocrine data: Application to salivary cortisol concentrations

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 941-946

  Miller, Robert ^a   Plessow, Franziska ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Distribution; General linear model; Psychosocial stress; Salivary cortisol; Scaling; Secretory episode; Transformation

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FEMALE; HOMOSCEDASTICITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; SALIVA LEVEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRIER SOCIAL STRESS TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84877053257     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2012.09.013     Document Type: Article

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