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International Perspectives on Stress & Coping
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Making Meaning of the September 11 Attacks: Spanish- and Mandarin-Speaking Focus Groups

Anne E. JohnsonResident in Psychiatry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Carol S. NorthMedical Director, The Altshuler Center for Education & Research, Metrocare Services;The Department of Psychiatry (The Nancy and Ray L. Hunt Chair in Crisis Psychiatry and Professor of Psychiatry), The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USAView further author information
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David E. PollioDistinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Social Work, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AlabamaView further author information
Pages 213-227 | Received 08 Aug 2016, Accepted 31 Oct 2016, Published online: 28 Feb 2017

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