Economic status, community danger and psychological problems among South African children

Childhood

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 115-133

  Barbarin, Oscar A ^a,c   Richter, Linda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

African children; Psychological measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006084725     PISSN: 09075682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0907568201008001007     Document Type: Article

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