Overcoming the odds? Adolescent development in the context of urban poverty

Resilience and Vulnerability: Adaptation in the Context of Childhood Adversities

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 343-363

  Cauce, Ana Mari ^a   Stewart, Angela ^a   Rodriguez, Melanie Domenech ^a   Cochran, Bryan ^a   Ginzler, Joshua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 84923398052     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511615788.016     Document Type: Chapter

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