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Research Article

Salivary cortisol responses to a psychosocial laboratory stressor and later verbal recall of the stressor: The role of trait and state rumination

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Pages 435-443 | Received 21 Sep 2009, Accepted 18 Feb 2010, Published online: 28 Jul 2010

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