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Cortisol in hair measured in young adults - a biomarker of major life stressors?

BACKGROUND: Stress as a cause of illness has been firmly established. In public health and stress research a retrospective biomarker of extended stress would be an indispensible aid. The objective of this pilot study was to investigate whether concentrations of cortisol in hair correlate with percei...

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Autores principales: Karlén, Jerker, Ludvigsson, Johnny, Frostell, Anneli, Theodorsson, Elvar, Faresjö, Tomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3217842/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22026917
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6890-11-12