"rAGE-Control": A Game to Build Emotional Strength

Games for Health Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 53-57

  Kahn, Jason ^a,b   Ducharme, Peter ^a   Rotenberg, Alexander ^a,b   Gonzalez Heydrich, Joseph ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 84992734396     PISSN: 2161783X     EISSN: 21617856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/g4h.2013.0007     Document Type: Article

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