Puberty rites as clues to the nature of human adolescence

Cross-Cultural Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-54

  Weisfeld, Glenn ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 21444448453     PISSN: 10693971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106939719703100103     Document Type: Article

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