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The concept of illness behaviour: culture, situation and personal predisposition1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

David Mechanic
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , February 1986 , pp. 1 - 7
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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