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Gaston Godin1, Paschal Sheeran, Mark Conner

  • 1Faculty of Nursing, Laval University, Quebec, QC, Canada. gaston.godin@fsi.ulaval.ca

Health Psychology : Official Journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association
|October 14, 2010
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