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Between- and within-sex variation in hormonal responses to psychological stress in a large sample of college students

Dario Maestripieri Department of Comparative Human Development, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Nicole M. Baran Department of Comparative Human Development, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Paola Sapienza Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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Luigi Zingales Graduate School of Business, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Pages 413-424 | Received 20 May 2009, Accepted 05 Feb 2010, Published online: 28 Jul 2010

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