Psychometric assessment of the Wagnild and Young's resilience scale in Kano, Nigeria

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Abiola, Tajudeen ^a   Udofia, Owoidoho ^b  

^a AMINU KANO TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

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EID: 81555232253     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-4-509     Document Type: Article

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