Caregivers’ hair cortisol: a possible biomarker of chronic stress is associated with obesity measures among children with disabilities

BACKGROUND: The stress of caring for a loved one with chronic illness has been associated with childhood obesity. Hair cortisol has been proposed as a novel biomarker of chronic psychological stress. This study aimed to evaluate the associations between caregivers’ chronic stress evaluated by hair c...

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Autores principales: Chen, Xiaoli, Gelaye, Bizu, Velez, Juan Carlos, Barbosa, Clarita, Pepper, Micah, Andrade, Asterio, Gao, Wei, Kirschbaum, Clemens, Williams, Michelle A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4339433/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25886364
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-015-0322-y

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4339433/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25886364
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-015-0322-y

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