Hair-normalized cortisol waking response as a novel biomarker of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity following acute trauma: A proof-of-concept study with pilot results

Pain Research and Treatment

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Walton, David M ^a   Macdermid, Joy C ^b   Russell, Evan ^a   Koren, Gideon ^a,c   Van Uum, Stan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84893872893     PISSN: 20901542     EISSN: 20901550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/876871     Document Type: Article

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