Did Divorces Decline After the Oklahoma City Bombing?

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 90-100

  Nakonezny, Paul A ^a   Reddick, Rebecca ^a   Rodgers, Joseph Lee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster; Divorce; Marital dissolution; Oklahoma City bombing; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642312651     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2004.00007.x     Document Type: Review

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