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Menstrual Synchrony and Suppression

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Synchrony and suppression among a group of women living together in a college dormitory suggest that social interaction can have a strong effect on the menstrual cycle.

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MCCLINTOCK, M. Menstrual Synchrony and Suppression. Nature 229, 244–245 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/229244a0

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