The Reliability and Validity of the North Carolina Family Assessment Scale

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 503-520

  Reed Ashcraft, Kellie ^a   Kirk, Raymond S ^b   Fraser, Mark W ^b  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 0035599463     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104973150101100406     Document Type: Article

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