Effect of Stress on Gastrointestinal Motility

Physiology of the Gastrointestinal Tract

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 781-790

  Gué, Michèle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012088394-3/50032-5     Document Type: Chapter

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