The girl child: A review of the empirical literature

Affilia - Journal of Women and Social Work

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-185

  Heidemann, Gretchen ^a   Ferguson, Kristin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical research; Feminist theory; Girl child; Systematic literature review

Indexed keywords

EID: 64749111416     PISSN: 08861099     EISSN: 15523020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886109909331701     Document Type: Article

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