The development of the concept of death among Chinese and U.S. children 3-17 years of age: From binary to "fuzzy" concepts?

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Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 67-83

  Brent, Sandor B ^a,c   Speece, Mark W ^a   Lin, Chongede ^b   Dong, Qi ^b   Yang, Chongming ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 21444435244     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/27L7-G7Q1-DY5Q-J9F3     Document Type: Short Survey

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