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5 - Measuring hormonal variation in the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis: cortisol

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 September 2009

Gillian H. Ice
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Ohio University
Gary D. James
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State University of New York, Binghamton
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Measuring Stress in Humans
A Practical Guide for the Field
, pp. 122 - 157
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2006

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