title: Steroid hormone analysis in human saliva.
abstract: Despite the aforementioned complications, noninvasive saliva collection has provided the medical and research community with an excellent medium for the monitoring of plasma steroid levels. This noninvasive method has permitted the evaluation and assessment of a multitude of endocrine studies that would have been extremely difficult, if not impossible, using other more familiar methods.
authors.affiliation: Department of Basic Sciences and Oral Research, University of Colorado School of Dentistry, Denver 80262.
authors.forename: D O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Quissell
mesh_terms: D006728:Hormones / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D012463:Saliva / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D013256:Steroids / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D006728:Hormones; D013256:Steroids