Stress and somatic complaints in low-income urban adolescents

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 499-514

  Reynolds, Linda K ^a   O'Koon, Jeffrey H ^a,b   Papademetriou, Eros ^a   Szczygiel, Sylvia ^a   Grant, Kathryn E ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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EID: 0035595266     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010401417828     Document Type: Article

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