Measurement of Cortisol in Human Hair as a Biomarker of Systemic Exposure

October 2007 in “ Clinical and investigative medicine ”

Brittany Sauvé, Gideon Koren, Grace Walsh, Sonya Tokmakejian, Stan HM Van Uum

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