Differentiating urban neighborhoods: A multivariate structural model analysis

Social Work Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 131-142

  Chow, Julian ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Community assessment; Community practice; Neighborhood typology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005706491     PISSN: 10705309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/swr/22.3.131     Document Type: Article

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