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Research Article

Linking environmental risks and cancer risks within the framework of genetic-behavioural causal beliefs, cancer fatalism, and macrosocial worry

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Pages 379-402 | Received 14 Nov 2019, Accepted 15 Nov 2020, Published online: 29 Nov 2020

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