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Epidemiology and preventive interventions: Parental death in childhood as a case example

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  1. Arizona Department of Health Services, 1740 W. Adams, Rm. 312, 85007, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

    Joanne C. Gersten

  2. University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, USA

    Janette Beals

  3. Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, USA

    Carl A. Kallgren

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Support for this research was provided by grant MH 39246-02 from the National Institute of Mental Health to establish a Preventive Intervention Research Center at Arizona State University.

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Gersten, J.C., Beals, J. & Kallgren, C.A. Epidemiology and preventive interventions: Parental death in childhood as a case example. Am J Commun Psychol 19, 481–500 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00937988

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