Functioning and mortality of holocaust survivors: Physical resilience and psychosocial vulnerabilities

Journal of Loss and Trauma

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-83

  Shrira, Amit ^a   Palgi, Yuval ^b   Ben Ezra, Menachem ^c   Shmotkin, Dov ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 79251573587     PISSN: 15325024     EISSN: 15325032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15325024.2010.519297     Document Type: Article

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