Empowerment: What is it?

Journal of Extension

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 3-9

  Page, Nanette ^a   Czuba, Cheryl E ^b  

^a OH State Univ and OSU Extension ^*

^b OH State Univ and OSU Extension   (United States)

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EID: 2942680899     PISSN: 10775315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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