The impact of skin color on mental and behavioral health in African American and latina adolescent girls: A review of the literature

The Melanin Millennium: Skin Color as 21st Century International Discourse

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 219-229

  Breland Noble, Alfiee M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4608-4_14     Document Type: Chapter

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