The leisure reading habits of urban adolescents

Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-33

  Hughes Hassell, Sandra ^a   Rodge, Pradnya ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34848902342     PISSN: 10813004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/JAAL.51.1.3     Document Type: Review

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