Childhood Bereavement: What School Psychologists Need to Know

School Psychology International

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 417-433

  Ayyash Abdo, Huda ^a,b  

^a LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b NONE   (Lebanon)

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EID: 0035620394     PISSN: 01430343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143034301224003     Document Type: Article

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