Term ID: T2298

Hair Cortisol

/hair-cortisol/
A biomarker measuring long-term cortisol exposure through hair analysis, providing information about chronic stress levels over weeks to months.
Example: Research using hair samples to study chronic stress in different populations, providing more stable measures than saliva or blood cortisol.

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Reference: Russell et al. (2012)