Risk factors, resilience, and psychological distress among holocaust and nonholocaust surviviors in the post-9/11 environment

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 32-46

  Lamet, Ann ^a   Szuchman, Lenore ^a   Perkel, Linda ^a   Walsh, Sandra ^a  

^a BARRY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 57749093251     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601270802349403     Document Type: Article

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