College students' responses to traumatic events involving sudden death

Illness Crisis and Loss

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 143-158

  Ryburn, Jennifer ^a   Festa, Dan ^a,b  

^a HENDERSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Robert C Byrd Center for Pharmacy Education   (United States)

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EID: 34547164909     PISSN: 10541373     EISSN: 15526968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/105413730601400205     Document Type: Review

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