Vulnerability Profiles among Ukrainian Returnees: A Latent Class Analysis of Household and Contextual Constraints
By: Ana ALEXANDRESCU and Monica ROMAN
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/picbe-2026-0373 | Journal eISSN: 2558-9652
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Published on: Jul 23, 2026
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