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Rector, J., Burns, V.E., Bosch, J.A., Anane, L. (2019). Immune Responses to Stress. In: Gellman, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6439-6_464-2

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