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Original Research Articles

Self-rated health among Greenlandic Inuit and Norwegian Sami adolescents: associated risk and protective correlates

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Article: 19793 | Received 29 Sep 2012, Accepted 11 Nov 2012, Published online: 06 Feb 2013

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