Psychopathology and other health dimensions among the offspring of holocaust survivors: Results from the Israel national health survey

Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 144-151

  Levav, Itzhak ^a   Levinson, Daphna ^a   Radomislensky, Irina ^a   Shemesh, Annarosa A ^a   Kohn, Robert ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 36649022848     PISSN: 03337308     EISSN: 26172402     Source Type: Journal    
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