Psychological resilience in older adults following the 1997 flood

Clinical Gerontologist

Volumn 26, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 139-143

  Ferraro, F Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Flooding; Mental health; Natural disaster

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISASTER; EMOTION; FEMALE; FLOOD TIDE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0038338446     PISSN: 07317115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J018v26n03_11     Document Type: Article

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