A cross-cultural study of depression in the aftermath of a natural disaster

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 289-307

  Toukmanian, Shaké G ^a   Jadaa, Darryle ^a   Lawless, Diane ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Culture; Depression; Earthquake; Natural disaster

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034336753     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615800008549267     Document Type: Article

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