Effects of exam stress on mood, cortisol, and immune functioning: Influences of neuroticism and smoker-non-smoker status

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 235-246

  Gilbert, David G ^a   Stunkard, Mary E ^a   Jensen, Robert A ^a   Detwiler, Fred R J ^a   Martinko, John M ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 16144367474     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0191-8869(96)00065-7     Document Type: Article

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