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[Individual differences in the reactions to acute stress related to behavioral type. Resistance (predisposition) to

K Iu Sarkisova, I A Kolomeĭtseva

    Biulleten' Eksperimental'Noi Biologii I Meditsiny
    |August 1, 1993
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