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Cruess, D. G.; Antoni, M. H.; Kumar, M.; Ironson, G.; McCabe, P.; Fernandez, J. B.; Fletcher, M., and
Schneiderman, N. Cognitive-behavioral stress management buffers decreases in ehydroepiandrosterone
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