African American service use for mental health problems

Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 303-313

  Snowden, Lonnie R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0033121428     PISSN: 00904392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6629(199905)27:3<303::AID-JCOP5>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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