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    Robert Adamec, Jacqueline Blundell, Kirby Strasser & Paul Burton

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Adamec, R., Blundell, J., Strasser, K., Burton, P. (2006). Mechanisms of Lasting Change in Anxiety Induced by Severe Stress. In: Kato, N., Kawata, M., Pitman, R.K. (eds) PTSD. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/4-431-29567-4_7

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