The developmental course of salivary alpha-amylase and cortisol from 12 to 36 months: Relations with early poverty and later behavior problems

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 311-323

  Hill Soderlund, Ashley L ^a   Holochwost, Steven J ^b   Willoughby, Michael T ^a   Granger, Douglas A ^c,d   Gariépy, Jean Louis ^e   Mills Koonce, W Roger ^f   Cox, Martha J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^e University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Development; Early childhood; Externalizing problems; Internalizing problems; Poverty; Salivary alpha amylase (sAA)

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; HYDROCORTISONE; ALPHA AMYLASE SALIVA ISOENZYME;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POVERTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; CHEMISTRY; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; METABOLISM; NORTH CAROLINA; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SALIVA;

CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; POVERTY; SALIVA; SALIVARY ALPHA-AMYLASES;

EID: 84922650478     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.08.011     Document Type: Article

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