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Original Research Report

Association of suboptimal health status with psychosocial stress, plasma cortisol and mRNA expression of glucocorticoid receptor α/β in lymphocyte

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Pages 29-34 | Received 28 Apr 2014, Accepted 19 Oct 2014, Published online: 23 Jan 2015

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