What's there and what's not: Measuring daily hassles in urban African American adolescents

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 375-388

  Miller, David B ^a   Webster, Susan E ^a   MacIntosh, Randall ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036248916     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731502012003003     Document Type: Article

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