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The Relation of Social Support and Coping to Positive Adaptation to Breast Cancer

Kathleen Dukes Holland Department of Educational Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, SZB 504 (D5800), Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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Carole K. Holahan Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The Univeristy of Texas at Austin, BEL 222 (D3700), Austin, TX, 78712, USA
Pages 15-29 | Published online: 27 Oct 2010

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