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Original Articles

The impact of motherhood on perceived stress, illness intrusiveness and fear of cancer recurrence in young breast cancer survivors over time

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Pages 651-670 | Received 18 Jul 2013, Accepted 06 Jan 2014, Published online: 05 Feb 2014

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