Examining risk factors associated with family reunification for runaway youth: Does ethnicity matter?

Family Relations

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 296-304

  Thompson, Sanna J ^a   Kost, Kathleen A ^b   Pollio, David E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Family; Race; Reunification; Runaway; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042244468     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2003.00296.x     Document Type: Article

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