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Volume 151, Issue 2 , Pages 372-377 , November 2010

Mildly negative social encounters reduce physical pain sensitivity

Received 1 December 2009 ,Revised 9 July 2010 ,Accepted 17 July 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.07.022

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