Bereavement Experience in the General Population: Incidence, Consequences, and Coping in a National Sample of Japan

Omega (United States)

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 137-147

  Shimai, Satoshi ^a  

^a KOBE COLLEGE   (Japan)

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EID: 84977097870     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: 15413764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/1YWV-R8V5-K6DW-6390     Document Type: Article

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