Mutual help goes on-line

Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 189-207

  Salem, Deborah A ^a   Bogat, G Anne ^a   Reid, Christina ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031081940     PISSN: 00904392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6629(199703)25:2<189::aid-jcop7>3.0.co;2-t     Document Type: Article

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