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John B. McKinlay, Sonja M. McKinlay, Donald Brambilla, The Relative Contributions of Endocrine Changes and Social Circumstances to Depression in Mid-Aged Women, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Vol. 28, No. 4 (Dec., 1987), pp. 345-363
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