Risks and opportunities for success: Perceptions of urban youths in a distressed community and lessons for adults

Families in Society

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 335-344

  Fogel, Sondra J ^a,b  

^a Univ of S Florida Sch Social Wk   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 7444271383     PISSN: 10443894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.1494     Document Type: Article

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