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Altruism: Choices of healthy and chronically ill children

Heather Seagle Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, 35487-0158, USA
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Peggy Jessee Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Alabama, P.O.'Box 870158, Tuscaloosa, AL, 35487-0158, USA
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M. Christine Nagy Department of Health Studies, University of Alabama, Tuscallosa, AL, 35487-0311, USA
Pages 573-583 | Published online: 17 Sep 2010

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