Weaving a tapestry of relational assistance: A qualitative investigation of interpersonal support among reservation-residing Navajo teenage mothers

Personal Relationships

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 251-267

  Dalla, Rochelle L ^a   Gamble, Wendy C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 22644450058     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.1999.tb00191.x     Document Type: Article

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