Psychology of Latino adults: Challenges and an agenda for action

Handbook of Race and Development in Mental Health

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 279-306

  Alegría, Margarita ^a   Mulvaney Day, Norah ^a   Woo, Meghan ^b   Viruell Fuentes, Edna A ^c  

^a CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 85014059133     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-0424-8_16     Document Type: Chapter

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