Determinants of hair cortisol and hair cortisone concentrations in adults

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 60, Issue , 2015, Pages 182-194

  Staufenbiel, Sabine M ^a   Penninx, Brenda W J H ^b   de Rijke, Yolanda B ^a   van den Akker, Erica L T ^c   van Rossum, Elisabeth F C ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hair cortisol; Hair cortisone; Long term cortisol; Long term cortisone

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; CORTISONE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; HAIR LEVEL; HEALTH STATUS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP HAIR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ASPECT; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; AGED; AGING; ANXIETY; CHEMISTRY; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HAIR; METABOLISM; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGY; SEASON; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANXIETY; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; CORTISONE; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HAIR; HAIR COLOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; SEASONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938265256     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2015.06.011     Document Type: Article

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