The stress of an unlucky day may be strong enough to cause physiological damage. This thought is demonstrated by:
a. the superstition of Western culture with the number 13
b. the statistical increase of Chinese and Japanese Americans rate of death on the first day of the month, considered to be unlucky
c. the allostasis effect.
d. the finding that heart attacks increase in the winter
A
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