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Original articles: Risk-taking, vulnerable adults and young people

PSA testing: Molecular technologies and men's experience of prostate cancer survivorship

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Pages 183-198 | Received 19 Mar 2010, Accepted 13 Aug 2010, Published online: 30 Mar 2011

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