Latchkey children: Potential sources of support

Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 185-197

  Shulman, Shmuel ^a   Kedem, Peri ^b   Kaplan, Kalman J ^b   Sever, Ilana ^b   Braja, Miriam ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032330740     PISSN: 00904392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6629(199803)26:2<185::AID-JCOP7>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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