Daniele Zappi , Gabriele Varani , Maria Teresa Giardi
Statement of the Problem: Stress markers monitoring has been proved to be useful in order to better understand the overall physiological state of an individual. Conventional techniques for monitoring such markers require long and complex analyses on blood samples, at the same time putting the patient in a state of discomfort due to the need of repeated blood samplings in a short amount of time. Thus, the attention has moved to less invasive monitoring procedures based on fluids excreted by the human bodies during normal biological activity