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The assessment of cortisol in human hair: associations with sociodemographic variables and potential confounders.

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Intraindividual stability of hair cortisol concentrations

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Cortisol Secretion in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

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A novel method using hair for determining hormonal levels in wildlife

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Hair analysis provides a historical record of cortisol levels in Cushing's syndrome

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Cortisol determination in hair and faeces from domestic cats and dogs

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Clinical applications of cortisol measurements in hair

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High Long-Term Cortisol Levels, Measured in Scalp Hair, Are Associated With a History of Cardiovascular Disease

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Hair cortisol as a biomarker of traumatization in healthy individuals and posttraumatic stress disorder patients.

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Salivary cortisol concentrations, stress and quality of life in women with endometriosis and chronic pelvic pain: Research Report

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Identification of ten corticosteroids in human hair by liquid chromatography–ionspray mass spectrometry

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Geographical variations in the carbon isotope composition of the diet and hair in contemporary man

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Hair analysis as a biomonitor for toxicology, disease and health status

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Recommendations for hair testing in forensic cases

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A Rhesus Monkey Model of Self-Injury: Effects of Relocation Stress on Behavior and Neuroendocrine Function

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Cyclic Cushing’s syndrome: a clinical challenge

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Toward Standardization of Hair Cortisol Measurement

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Hair cortisol and the risk for acute myocardial infarction in adult men

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Hair Cortisol Level as a Biomarker for Altered Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Activity in Female Adolescents with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder After the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake

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Glucocorticoid-Induced Apoptosis of Healthy and Malignant Lymphocytes

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Chronic Stress, Hair Cortisol and Depression: A Prospective and Longitudinal Study of Medical Internship

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Newborn infants’ hair cortisol levels reflect chronic maternal stress during pregnancy

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Hair cortisol and cortisone are decreased by natural sunlight

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Measuring Stress in Young Children Using Hair Cortisol: The State of the Science

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Methodological Considerations for Hair Cortisol Measurements in Children

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Cortisol analysis of hair of captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

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Validation of the long‐term assessment of hypothalamic‐pituitary‐adrenal activity in rats using hair corticosterone as a biomarker

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Spatial Analysis of Factors Influencing Long-Term Stress in the Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos) Population of Alberta, Canada

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Radiolabel validation of cortisol in the hair of rhesus monkeys

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Integrating cortisol and isotopic analyses of archeological hair: Reconstructing individual experiences of health and stress

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Hair analysis reveals subtle HPA axis suppression associated with use of local corticosteroids: The Lifelines cohort study

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