School-Based Family Support: Evidence from an Exploratory Field Study

Families in Society

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 339-347

  Fischer, Robert L ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0142168973     PISSN: 10443894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.113     Document Type: Article

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