Military families under stress: Implications for family life education

Family Relations

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 279-287

  Reinkober Drummet, Amy ^b   Coleman, Marilyn ^a   Cable, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Families; Military; Relocation; Reunion; Separation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042244477     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2003.00279.x     Document Type: Article

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