School-Based Mentoring for Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 257-269

  Wood, Sarah ^a   Mayo Wilson, Evan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adolescents; mentoring; systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859566571     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731511430836     Document Type: Article

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