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. 2010 May;24(4):529-30.
doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2010.02.002. Epub 2010 Feb 16.

Psychological stress, telomeres, and telomerase

Janice K Kiecolt-Glaser  1 , Ronald Glaser
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Psychological stress, telomeres, and telomerase

Janice K Kiecolt-Glaser et al. Brain Behav Immun. 2010 May.
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