Children's risk, resilience, and coping in extreme situations

Handbook for Working with Children and Youth: Pathways to Resilience Across Cultures and Contexts

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 3-26

  Boyden, Jo ^a   Mann, Gillian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Ifakara Health Institute   (Tanzania)

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EID: 84951197768     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781412976312.n1     Document Type: Chapter

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