Socioeconomic status in children is associated with hair cortisol levels as a biological measure of chronic stress

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 65, Issue , 2016, Pages 9-14

  Vliegenthart, J ^a   Noppe, G ^a,b   van Rossum, E F C ^b   Koper, J W ^b   Raat, H ^b   van den Akker, E L T ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Cortisol; Scalp hair; SES; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; SOCIAL STATUS; UNEMPLOYMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; HAIR; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; BIOMARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORTISONE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INCOME; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84958214131     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2015.11.022     Document Type: Article

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