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Original Articles

Health Maintenance Activities and Lay Decision-Making Support

A Comparison of Young-Old and Old-Old Long-Term Cancer Survivors

, PhD, MA, , PhD, , PhD & , PhD
Pages 21-44 | Received 15 Apr 2003, Accepted 28 Oct 2003, Published online: 24 Sep 2008

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