A Preliminary Examination of the Relationship between Exposure to Community Violence and Academic Functioning

School Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 380-396

  Overstreet, Stacy ^a,b   Braun, Shawnee ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

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EID: 0033261730     PISSN: 10453830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0089015     Document Type: Article

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