The association between thoughts of defecation and thoughts of death

Death Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 356-371

  Dunkel, Curtis S ^a  

^a Illinois Central College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DEATH; DEFECATION; FECES; HUMAN; THINKING;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DEATH; DEFECATION; FECES; HUMANS; THINKING;

EID: 64849110293     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481180802602808     Document Type: Article

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