The constancy of adrenaline and noradrenaline excretion was estimated by calculating correlations between excretion rates of both hormones in four series of urine samples obtained from 15 Ss at 1-wk. intervals. The constancy of excretion rates was shown to be satisfactory for quantitative studies.
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