A profile of Latino school-based extracurricular activity involvement

Journal of Latinos and Education

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 60-71

  Peguero, Anthony A ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic; Adolescent; Education; Ethnicity; Race; Sports

Indexed keywords

EID: 78951472674     PISSN: 15348431     EISSN: 1532771X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15348430903253076     Document Type: Article

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