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The Stress of Life

Hans Selye
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In this paper, the discovery of stress, the dissection of stress the disease of adaptation sketch for a unified theory implications and applications is described, and the authors propose a unified framework for adaptation.
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The discovery of stress the dissection of stress the disease of adaptation sketch for a unified theory implications and applications.

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