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This paper is based on dissertation research conducted at the University of Texas at Austin. The research was supported in part by grants from The University of Texas at Austin and the United Steelworkers of America, District 37. The author wishes to thank Ira Iscoe, Charles J. Holahan, John Loehlin, Ray Marshall, Mary Ellen Olbrisch, and Jeffrey M. Anderson for their helpful comments throughout the investigation.
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Brody, J.G. Responses to collective risk: Appraisal and coping among workers exposed to occupational health hazards. Am J Commun Psychol 16, 645–663 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00930019
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