Bullied children and psychosomatic problems: A meta-analysis

Pediatrics

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 720-729

  Gini, Gianluca ^a   Pozzoli, Tiziana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bullying; Health; Meta analysis; Peer victimization; Psychosomatic problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885143721     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-0614     Document Type: Article

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