Self-evaluation, coping, and depressive affect in African American adults with sickle cell disease

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 443-457

  Wilson, Jennifer J ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

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EID: 0004926477     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021984310786     Document Type: Article

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