The impact of violent conflicts on households: What do we know and what should we know about war widows?

Oxford Development Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 289-309

  Brück, Tilman ^a   Schindler, Kati ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; DEVELOPING WORLD; POLITICAL CONFLICT; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 77949368869     PISSN: 13600818     EISSN: 14699966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13600810903108321     Document Type: Article

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