Whelan, Nuala
McGilloway, Sinéad
Murphy, Mary P.
McGuinness, Colm
Funding for this research was provided by:
Irish Research Council
Article History
Received: 26 April 2017
Accepted: 19 January 2018
First Online: 26 February 2018
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