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Experience of loneliness among adolescent girls and boys: Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986 study

Anna Reetta RönkäFaculty of Education, Women's and Gender Studies, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland;Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oulu, Oulu, FinlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Arja RautioCentre for Arctic Medicine, Thule Institute, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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Markku KoiranenFaculty of Medicine, Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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Vappu SunnariFaculty of Education, Women's and Gender Studies, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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Anja TaanilaFaculty of Medicine, Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland;Primary Health Care Unit, University Hospital of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
Pages 183-203 | Received 16 May 2012, Accepted 13 May 2013, Published online: 17 Jun 2013

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