Cortisol in Saliva — Reference Ranges and Relation to Cortisol in Serum

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 1995, Pages 927-932

  Aardal, Elisabeth ^a   Holm, Ann Charlottè ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REFERENCE VALUE; SALIVA LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; CALIBRATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84944436340     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm.1995.33.12.927     Document Type: Article

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