DHEA and aggression

DHEA in Human Health and Aging

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 415-432

  Demas, Gregory E ^a   Soma, Kiran K ^b   Albers, H Elliott ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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