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Original Articles

A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Inquiry: Risk and Protective Factors for the Left-Behind Children in Shaanxi Province, China, With Gender Comparison

Received 03 Mar 2023, Accepted 26 Jul 2023, Published online: 11 Sep 2023

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