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  1. Department of Psychology, William James College, Newton, MA, USA

    Jane Upton

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Upton, J. (2019). Psychosocial Factors. In: Gellman, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6439-6_422-2

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