Correlates of African American children in and out of their families

Families in Society

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-90

  Curtis, Carla M ^a   Alexander Jr , Rudolph ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77949839257     PISSN: 10443894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.3955     Document Type: Article

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