Inner-city youth development organizations: The salience of peer ties among early adolescent girls

Applied Developmental Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 2-12

  Loder, Tondra L ^a   Hirsch, Barton J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33747354096     PISSN: 10888691     EISSN: 1532480X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S1532480XADS0701_1     Document Type: Article

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