Family structure and women's lives: A life course perspective

Advances in the Conceptualization of the Stress Process: Essays in Honor of Leonard I. Pearlin

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 71-92

  Avison, William R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-1021-9_5     Document Type: Chapter

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