Informal Non-Kin Networks among Homeless Latino and African American Men: Form and Functions

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 663-685

  Molina, Edna ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033633335     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00027640021955487     Document Type: Article

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