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Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1228-1250

  Tillman, Kathryn Harker ^a   Weiss, Ursula Keller ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70350168890     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2009.00655.x     Document Type: Article

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