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spellingShingle Hansen, Pernille Envold, Floderus, Birgitta, Frederiksen, Kirsten, Johansen, Christoffer, Cancer, Personality traits, health behavior, and risk for cancer : A prospective study of a Swedish twin cohort, Cancer Research, Oncology
title Personality traits, health behavior, and risk for cancer : A prospective study of a Swedish twin cohort
title_full Personality traits, health behavior, and risk for cancer : A prospective study of a Swedish twin cohort
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