Humor, laughter, learning, and health! A brief review.

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Advances in Physiology Education

• Publication date

  2017-09-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Education, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1152/advan.00030.2017PMID 28679569
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