Practice, Policy, and Parity: The Politics of Persistence

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 535-539

  Abrahamson, Daniel J ^a   Steele, Ann P ^b   Abrahamson, Lynn S ^b  

^a Traumatic Stress Institute   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0141976695     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7028.34.5.535     Document Type: Article

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