Comparison of the stressors and coping behaviors of homeless, previously homeless, and never homeless poor children

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 691-710

  Menke, Edna M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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