Measuring Neighborhood Context for Young Children in an Urban Area

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 5-32

  Coulton, Claudia J ^a   Korbin, Jill E ^a   Su, Marilyn ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment; Community context; Neighborhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003373697     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02511881     Document Type: Article

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