Past traumatic losses and their impact on the well-being of elderly men

Journal of Personal and Interpersonal Loss

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 379-395

  Bar Tur, Liora ^a   Levy Skiff, Rachel ^b   Burns, Ailsa ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 33748890868     PISSN: 10811443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15325029708415515     Document Type: Article

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