A complex solution to a complicated problem? Early messages from the national evaluation of the children's fund prevention programme

Children and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 131-143

  Mason, Paul ^a   Morris, Kate ^a   Smith, Penny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 17444384840     PISSN: 09510605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chi.868     Document Type: Article

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