Relationship between hair cortisol and perceived chronic stress in a diverse sample

Stress and Health

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 337-344

  O'Brien, K M ^a   Tronick, E Z ^a   Moore, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic stress; hair cortisol; health disparities; perceived stress; social identity

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARAB; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHRONIC STRESS; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; PREDICTION; RACE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST HIP RATIO; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; HAIR; HEALTH DISPARITY; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY HEALTH; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; RACISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HAIR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; MINORITY HEALTH; RACISM; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84884977033     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.2475     Document Type: Article

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