Iranian refugees in Sweden: Coping processes in children and their families

Childhood

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 167-188

  Almqvist, Kjerstin ^a   Hwang, Philip ^b  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Children; Coping strategies; Refugees

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347142263     PISSN: 09075682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0907568299006002002     Document Type: Article

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