Project start: An evaluation of a community-wide school-based intervention to reduce truancy

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 657-667

  Fantuzzo, John ^a   Grim, Suzanne ^b   Hazan, Herb ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Dental School of Philadelphia   (United States)

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EID: 22544436706     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.20103     Document Type: Review

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