Pilot study of adrenal steroid hormones in hair as an indicator of chronic mental and physical stress

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Ullmann, E ^a,b   Barthel, A ^a,c   Petrowski, K ^d   Stalder, T ^a   Kirschbaum, C ^a   Bornstein, S R ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b City Hospital Dresden Neustadt   (Germany)

^c Endokrinologikum Ruhr   (Germany)

^d GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE;

ADULT; CHEMISTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BIOMARKERS; CORTISONE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84968542092     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep25842     Document Type: Article

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