Psychoneuroendocrinology
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 32-37 , January 2009

Hair as a retrospective calendar of cortisol production—Increased cortisol incorporation into hair in the third trimester of pregnancy

Received 25 September 2007 ,Revised 20 August 2008 ,Accepted 20 August 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2008.08.024

Psychoneuroendocrinology
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 32-37 , January 2009

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