Risk and Resilience in Orphaned Adolescents Living in a Community Affected by AIDS

Youth and Society

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 140-162

  Wild, Lauren G ^a   Flisher, Alan J ^a   Robertson, Brian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

HIV and AIDS; orphans; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872935592     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: 15528499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X11409256     Document Type: Article

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