Oral Oncology
Volume 46, Issue 5 , Pages 360-365 , May 2010

An investigation of the correlates of sense of coherence in a sample of Brazilians with head and neck cancer

Received 22 January 2010 ,Revised 16 February 2010 ,Accepted 16 February 2010.

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Oral Oncology
Volume 46, Issue 5 , Pages 360-365 , May 2010

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