Research and Programs for Adolescent Mothers: Missing Links and Future Promises

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 290-312

  Chase Lansdale, P Lindsay ^a   Brooks Gunn, Jeanne ^b   Paikoff, Roberta L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 84976942892     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764292035003007     Document Type: Article

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