Psychiatry Research
Volume 112, Issue 2 , Pages 121-131 , 10 October 2002

Does adverse family environment or sex matter in the salivary cortisol responses to anticipatory stress?

  • Thomas L Hardie

      Affiliations

    • University of Delaware, Department of Nursing, Room 361, McDowell Hall, Newark, DE 19716, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel. +1-302-831-8378; fax: +1-302-831-2382
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  • Howard B Moss

      Affiliations

    • University of Pennsylvania/Philadelphia VA Medical Center, Treatment Research Center, 3900 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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  • Michael M Vanyukov

      Affiliations

    • Center for Education and Drug Abuse Research, University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy, 707 Salk Hall Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
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  • Jeffrey K Yao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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  • Galina P Kirillovac

      Affiliations

    • Center for Education and Drug Abuse Research, University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy, 707 Salk Hall Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA

Received 4 June 2002 ,Revised 7 June 2002 ,Accepted 25 July 2002.

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Psychiatry Research
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