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Comment
. 2018 Jun;12(2):136-139.
doi: 10.1080/17437199.2018.1445543. Epub 2018 Mar 7.

Ignoring theory and evidence: commentary on Kok et al. (2018)

Jeff Niederdeppe  1 , Deena Kemp  1
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Comment

Ignoring theory and evidence: commentary on Kok et al. (2018)

Jeff Niederdeppe et al. Health Psychol Rev. 2018 Jun.
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