Psychological outcomes of a support intervention in mothers of children with ongoing health conditions: The parent-to-parent network

Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 249-264

  Silver, Ellen Johnson ^a   Ireys, Henry T ^b   Bauman, Laurie J ^b   Stein, Ruth E K ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031128619     PISSN: 00904392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6629(199705)25:3<249::AID-JCOP3>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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