Intraindividual variability in cortisol: Approaches, illustrations, and recommendations

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 78, Issue , 2017, Pages 114-124

  Segerstrom, Suzanne C ^a   Sephton, Sandra E ^b   Westgate, Philip M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation; Cortisol; Intraindividual variability; Reliability; Root mean squared successive difference; Standard deviation

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

CHEMICAL DATABASE; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INTRAINDIVIDUAL VARIATION; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTILEVEL PREDICTION; NET VARIANCE; PREDICTION; RELIABILITY; RESIDUAL VARIANCE; REVIEW; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SIMULATION; SLOPE VARIANCE; STUDY DESIGN; VALIDITY; VARIANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INDIVIDUALITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 85012050965     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2017.01.026     Document Type: Review

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