Faith-based versus fact-based social policy: The case of teenage pregnancy prevention

Social Work

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 280-282

  Marx, Jerry D ^a   Hopper, Fleur ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 23944448550     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/50.3.280     Document Type: Article

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