Family Values of Latino Adolescents

Making Invisible Latino Adolescents Visible: A Critical Approach to Latino Diversity

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 239-264

  Vázquez García, Heidie A ^a   Coll, Cynthia García ^b   Erkut, Sumru ^c   Alarcón, Odette ^c,d   Tropp, Linda R ^e  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Children s Hospital   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 85136371659     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203381076-16     Document Type: Chapter

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