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Original Research Report

Stress-induced cardiac autonomic reactivity and preclinical atherosclerosis: does arterial elasticity modify the association?

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Pages 622-630 | Received 15 Jan 2015, Accepted 03 Jul 2015, Published online: 21 Aug 2015

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