Research with African Americans: Lessons learned about recruiting African American women

Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 153-165

  Coker, Angela D ^a   Huang, Hsin Hsin ^a   Kashubeck West, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

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EID: 68049117210     PISSN: 08838534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-1912.2009.tb00099.x     Document Type: Article

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