The cortisol response in policemen: Intraindividual variation, not concentration level, predicts truncal obesity

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 499-507

  Sharp, Dan S ^a   Andrew, Michael E ^a   Fekedulegn, Desta B ^a   Burchfiel, Cecil M ^a   Violanti, John M ^b   Wactawski Wende, Jean ^b   Miller, Diane B ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CHEMISTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOMETRICS; OBESITY; POLICE; SALIVA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POLICE; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84879449115     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22397     Document Type: Article

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