Are subordinates always stressed? a comparative analysis of rank differences in cortisol levels among primates

@article{Abbott2003AreSA,
  title={Are subordinates always stressed? a comparative analysis of rank differences in cortisol levels among primates},
  author={David H. Abbott and ERIC B. Keverne and Fred B. Bercovitch and Carol A. Shively and Sally P. Mendoza and Wendy Saltzman and Charles T Snowdon and Toni E. Ziegler and M Banjevic and Ted Garland and Robert Morris Sapolsky},
  journal={Hormones and Behavior},
  year={2003},
  volume={43},
  pages={67-82}
}
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