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Anxiety, Stress, & Coping
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Volume 18, 2005 - Issue 1
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The effects of age and fear of pain on attentional and memory biases relating to pain and falls

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Pages 53-69 | Received 01 Sep 2004, Accepted 05 Dec 2004, Published online: 25 Jan 2007

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