Background: The importance of hair cortisol as a long-term retrospective measure of
systemic cortisol exposure is being increasingly recognized, and over recent years, the field …

Purpose Recently, hair cortisol has become a topic of global interest as a biomarker of
chronic stress. Different research groups have been using different methods for extraction …

Background Hair cortisol analysis is increasingly being appreciated and applied in both
research and medicine, aiding endocrinologists with diagnosis. Content We provide an …

Background: Hair cortisol levels are used increasingly as a measure for chronic stress in
young children. We propose modifications to the current methods used for hair cortisol …

We present the development of the first procedure for hair cortisol measurement through an
automated method. Hair samples were obtained from 286 individuals. After cortisol …

Hair cortisol levels are increasingly applied as a measure for stress in humans and
mammals. Cortisol is an endogenous compound and is always present within the hair …

Abstract Characterization of cortisol production, regulation and function is of considerable
interest and relevance given its ubiquitous role in virtually all aspects of physiology, health …

Purpose Current methods for measuring long-term endogenous production of cortisol can
be challenging due to the need to take multiple urine, saliva or serum samples. Hair grows …

Hair cortisol concentrations (HCC) have been suggested to reflect long-term integrated
cortisol levels, but most evidence of associations with co-variates is from small samples of …

To inform the future use of hair cortisol measurement, we have investigated influences of
potential confounding variables (natural hair colour, frequency of hair washes, age, sex, oral …