The Response of Children to DISASTER: Do children have a greater depth of response to tragedy than we realize?

MCN The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-44

  Young Seideman, Ruth ^a   Hutchison, Barbara ^c   Buckner, Sheryl K ^a   Taylor Myers, Sheila ^a   Miller Boyle, Dianne ^e   Macrobert, Margo ^b   Heath, Sharon ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b Children's Hospital Oklahoma City   (United States)

^c Moore Public Schools   (United States)

^d Griffin Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^e NONE

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EID: 0345985767     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005721-199801000-00008     Document Type: Article

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