Community resilience: Concepts, assessment, and implications for intervention

Resilience and Mental Health: Challenges Across the Lifespan

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 162-175

  Norris, Fran H ^a   Sherrieb, Kathleen ^a   Pfefferbaum, Betty ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 84923765511     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511994791.013     Document Type: Chapter

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