Hair Cortisol Concentration in Healthy Children and Adolescents Is Related to Puberty, Age, Gender, and Body Mass Index

January 2019 in “ Hormone Research in Paediatrics ”

Maximiliane Wagner, Jürgen Kratzsch, Mandy Vogel, Thomas Peschel, Alexander Gaudl, Uta Ceglarek, Joachim Thiery, Andreas Hiemisch, Antje Körner, Wieland Kieß

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