Crying: A biopsychosocial phenomenon

Tears in the Graeco-Roman World

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 439-475

  Vingerhoets, J J M ^a   Bylsma, Lauren M ^a   Rottenberg, Jonathan ^a  

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DOI: 10.1515/9783110214024     Document Type: Chapter

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