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Chapter 4 - Maternal caregiving, oxytocin and mental illness

from Section 1 - The social, genetic and environmental aspects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2016

David J. Castle
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University of Melbourne
Kathryn M. Abel
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University of Manchester
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