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The epidemiology of economic stress

  • Barbara Snell Dohrenwend Memorial Lecture
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American Journal of Community Psychology

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  1. Public Policy Research Organization, University of California, 92717, Irvine, California

    David Dooley & Ralph Catalano

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Dooley, D., Catalano, R. The epidemiology of economic stress. Am J Commun Psychol 12, 387–409 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00896502

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