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. 1992 May;65(5):779–780. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1992.165

Nausea in cancer chemotherapy is inversely related to urinary cortisol excretion.

M Fredrikson ¹, T Hursti ¹, C J Fürst ¹, G Steineck ¹, S Börjeson ¹, M Wikblom ¹, C Peterson ¹

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