There is growing epidemiological interest in hormones as predictors of chronic diseases.
The correct handling and analysis of hormones can be cumbersome, and great care must be …

The hormonal milieu has been hypothesized to play a role in a range of human diseases,
and therefore has been a topic of much epidemiologic investigation. Hormones of particular …

Despite all the effort taken, there is often surprisingly little attention paid to the hormone
analyses involved in research studies. Thinking carefully about the quality of the hormone …

Endocrinology is a practice of medicine that is highly dependent on accurate laboratory
measurements because small changes in hormone levels often may be more specific and …

Endogenous pituitary hormones are commonly used in clinical and epidemiologic studies
and some of them are thought to influence the risk of several diseases in women. In most …

Measuring levels of steroid hormones in epidemiologic studies is difficult because pulsatile
release can cause the levels of many hormones to vary markedly over short intervals …

Researchers analyse hormones to draw conclusions from changes in hormone
concentrations observed under specific physiological conditions and to elucidate …

The collection and analysis of urine samples provides a practical method for monitoring
female reproductive events in non-laboratory and non-clinic populations. Collection of …

Hormones can be assayed from blood, urine, and saliva. Because measuring hormones in
saliva samples is the easiest and least stressful method for research participants, it is often …

Laboratory measurements have become an essential part of medical diagnostics. In
pediatric endocrinology, measurements of hormones and related biomarkers like growth …