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The International Journal on the Biology of Stress
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Original Research Report

Are psychophysiological arousal and self-reported emotional stress during an oncological consultation related to memory of medical information? An experimental study

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Pages 103-111 | Received 09 Aug 2016, Accepted 20 Jan 2017, Published online: 09 Feb 2017

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