Cultural congruity and the cortisol stress response among Dominican men

Social and Cultural Lives of Immune Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 147-169

  Decker, Seamus A ^a   Flinn, Mark V ^b   England, Barry G ^c   Worthman, Carol M ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203404515     Document Type: Chapter

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