Beyond the “village” rhetoric: Creating healthy communities for children and adolescents

Applied Developmental Science

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 138-159

  Benson, Peter L ^a   Leffert, Nancy ^a   Scales, Peter C ^a   Blyth, Dale A ^a  

^a Search Institute   (United States)

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EID: 0000197561     PISSN: 10888691     EISSN: 1532480X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s1532480xads0203_3     Document Type: Article

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