Understanding resilience in south australian farm families

Rural Society

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 318-325

  Greenhill, Jennene ^a   King, Debra ^a   Lane, Anna ^a   MacDougall, Colin ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drought; Farm family; Resilience; Rural mental health

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650044749     PISSN: 10371656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/rsj.351.19.4.318     Document Type: Article

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