Scholastic achievement of adolescent refugees from Cambodia and Central America

Adolescence

Volumn 35, Issue 138, 2000, Pages 243-258

  Rousseau, Cécile ^a   Drapeau, Aline ^a  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CAMBODIA; CENTRAL AMERICA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; REFUGEES;

EID: 0034207624     PISSN: 00018449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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