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Effects of Individual and Marital Variables on Coping with Cancer

James W. Hannum PhD Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Illinois at Champaign, Champaign, IL, 61820
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Janine Giese-Davis MA Doctoral Candidate, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Champaign
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Kathryn Harding MA Doctoral Candidate, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Champaign
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Alan K. Hatfield MD Director, Carle Cancer Center, Urbana, IL
Pages 1-20 | Published online: 21 Oct 2010

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