Understanding college student attitudes toward lgbt individuals

Sociological Focus

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 286-305

  Worthen, Meredith G F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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EID: 85010515428     PISSN: 00380237     EISSN: 21621128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380237.2012.712857     Document Type: Article

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