Future Discounting by Slum-Dwelling Youth Versus University Students in Rio de Janeiro

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 95-102

  Ramos, Dandara ^a   Victor, Tânia ^a   Seidl de Moura, Maria Lucia ^a   Daly, Martin ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84873923439     PISSN: 10508392     EISSN: 15327795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2012.00796.x     Document Type: Article

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