Unmet expectations and symptoms of depression among the Three Gorges Project resettlers

Social Science Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 245-256

  Xi, Juan ^a   Hwang, Sean Shong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Project induced relocation; The Three Gorges Project; Unmet expectations

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149470486     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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