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The combined relations of gender, enculturation, and depressive symptoms with health risk behaviors in Mexican-Americans: a moderated mediation analysis

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Pages 47-64 | Received 26 Jul 2016, Accepted 19 Sep 2017, Published online: 31 Oct 2017

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