Cultural brokers: Helping Latino children on pathways toward success

Future of Children

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 51-57

  Cooper, Catherine R ^a   Denner, Jill ^b   Lopez, Edward M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ETR ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MEXICO; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; STUDENT;

EID: 0033513080     PISSN: 10548289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1602705     Document Type: Review

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