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Students' accounts of school-performance stress: a qualitative analysis of a high-achieving setting in Stockholm, Sweden

Sara Brolin LåftmanCentre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS), Stockholm University/Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ylva B AlmquistCentre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS), Stockholm University/Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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Viveca ÖstbergCentre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS), Stockholm University/Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Pages 932-949 | Received 18 Apr 2012, Accepted 22 Feb 2013, Published online: 04 Apr 2013

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