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Anna-Karin Lennartsson1,2, Ingibjörg H Jonsdottir1,2, Per-Anders Jansson3

  • 1The Institute of Stress Medicine, Region Västra Götaland, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Stress (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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Burnoutdepressionglucoseinsulininsulin resistanceoral glucose tolerance test

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