Psychosocial Issues:Cancer in the Marital Context: A Review of the Literature
Cancer InvestigationPublished 1 January 1998
Sharon L. Manne
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(1998). Psychosocial Issues:Cancer in the Marital Context: A Review of the Literature. Cancer Investigation: Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 188-202.
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