A hassle a day may keep the doctor away: Stress and the augmentation of immune function

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 556-564

  Dhabhar, Firdaus S ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 0036625802     PISSN: 00031569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/42.3.556     Document Type: Conference Paper

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