Beyond the "Village" Rhetoric: Creating Healthy Communities for Children and Adolescents

Applied Developmental Science

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-23

  Benson, Peter L ^a   Leffert, Nancy ^a   Scales, Peter C ^a   Blyth, Dale A ^a  

^a Search Institute   (United States)

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EID: 84857066047     PISSN: 10888691     EISSN: 1532480X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10888691.2012.642771     Document Type: Article

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