Racial and ethnic differences: Sociocultural and contextual explanations

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-60

  Chao, Ruth K ^a   Otsuki Clutter, Michiko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 79951572654     PISSN: 10508392     EISSN: 15327795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2010.00714.x     Document Type: Article

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