Theory and Research with Children of Color: Implications for Social Policy

Children of Color: Research, Health, and Policy Issues

Volumn , Issue , 2019, Pages 219-255

  Coll, Cynthia García ^a   Magnuson, Katherine ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315861302-11     Document Type: Chapter

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