The impact of resource loss on Holocaust survivors facing war and terrorism in Israel

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 159-167

  Dekel, R ^a   Hobfoll, S E ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CRIME; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SURVIVOR; TERRORISM;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOLOCAUST; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; TERRORISM; WAR;

EID: 33947417315     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860600736141     Document Type: Article

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