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Lifetime exposure to traumatic and other stressful life events and hair cortisol in a multi-racial/ethnic sample of pregnant women

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Pages 45-52 | Received 11 Jun 2015, Accepted 04 Nov 2015, Published online: 08 Dec 2015

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