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The International Journal on the Biology of Stress
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Original Article

Stress through the mind of the beholder: preliminary differences in child and maternal perceptions of child stress in relation to child cortisol and cardiovascular activity

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Pages 341-349 | Received 26 Oct 2016, Accepted 27 May 2017, Published online: 22 Jun 2017

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