The structure and measurement of death obsession

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 159-165

  Abdel Khalek, Ahmed M ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

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EID: 0031990085     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(97)00144-X     Document Type: Article

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