High correlation between salivary cortisol awakening response and the psychometric profiles of healthy children

BioPsychoSocial Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Shibuya, Ikuhiko ^a   Nagamitsu, Shinichiro ^a   Okamura, Hisayoshi ^a   Ozono, Shuichi ^a   Chiba, Hiromi ^a   Ohya, Takashi ^a   Yamashita, Yushiro ^a   Matsuishi, Toyojiro ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Children; Cortisol awakening response; Hypothalamus pituitary adrenal axis; Saliva

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899156051     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17510759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0759-8-9     Document Type: Article

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