The importance of adult literacy issues in social work practice

Social Work

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 177-179

  Greenberg, Daphne ^a   Lackey, Jamie ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for the Study of Adult Literacy   (United States)

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EID: 33747616427     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/51.2.177     Document Type: Review

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