Stress-related and basic determinants of hair cortisol in humans: A meta-analysis

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 77, Issue , 2017, Pages 261-274

  Stalder, Tobias ^a,b   Steudte Schmiedgen, Susann ^a   Alexander, Nina ^a,c   Klucken, Tim ^b   Vater, Annika ^a   Wichmann, Susann ^a   Kirschbaum, Clemens ^a   Miller, Robert ^a,d  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^c Asklepios Medical School Hamburg   (Germany)

^d Institute of Psychosocial Research for Health Promotion and Intervention   (Germany)

Author keywords

Confounder; Hair cortisol; Meta analysis; Stress; Validity

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

AGE; ANXIETY DISORDER; BODY MASS; CHRONIC STRESS; DEPRESSION; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MOOD DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REVIEW; SALIVA LEVEL; SEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST HIP RATIO; CHEMISTRY; HAIR; HEMODYNAMICS; MENTAL STRESS; META ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

HAIR; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85010639000     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.12.017     Document Type: Review

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