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Special Issue on the Common Sense Model

Representations of cancer recurrence risk, recurrence worry, and health-protective behaviours: an elaborated, systematic review

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Pages 447-476 | Received 09 Oct 2018, Accepted 10 May 2019, Published online: 03 Jun 2019

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