Street children and their helpers: An actor-oriented approach

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1283-1288

  Turnbull, Bernardo ^a   Hernández, Raquel ^b   Reyes, Miguel ^b  

^a Unidad de Investigación en Epidemiología Nutricional   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Actor oriented approach; Community psychology; Participation; Street children

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350300698     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2009.05.013     Document Type: Article

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