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Marital Satisfaction and Emotional Adjustment After Breast Cancer

Dr. Karen Weihs MD Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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Dr. Timothy Enright PhD Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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Dr. George Howe PhD Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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Dr. Samuel J. Simmens PhD Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
Pages 33-49 | Published online: 12 Oct 2008

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