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...suffer from adverse health effects later in life. The study, which observed 15 boys and 28 girls ranging from 7-13 years old, was conducted in an unidentified urban neighborhood in Boston. The study aimed to gauge the stress impact of exposure to violence by testing the levels of cortisol??€”a hormone that is secreted at higher levels in high-stress situations—in each of the subjects. Suglia and his team took saliva samples in order to compare cortisol levels to parents’ descriptions of their children’s stress levels. They then analyzed...
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