Psychoneuroendocrinology
Volume 35, Issue 8 , Pages 1156-1166 , September 2010

Child care setting affects salivary cortisol and antibody secretion in young children

  • Sarah Enos Watamura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Development, MVR Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, United States
    • Now at the Department of Psychology, University of Denver, 2155 S. Race St., Denver, CO 80208, United States.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 303 871 4130; fax: +1 303 871 4747.
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  • Christopher L. Coe

      Affiliations

    • Harlow Center for Biological Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Department of Psychology, Madison, WI 53715, United States
    • ,
  • Mark L. Laudenslager

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Denver, CO 80220, United States
    • ,
  • Steven S. Robertson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Development, MVR Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, United States

Received 27 July 2009 ,Revised 26 January 2010 ,Accepted 2 February 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2010.02.001

Psychoneuroendocrinology
Volume 35, Issue 8 , Pages 1156-1166 , September 2010

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