Assessing the Modified Neighborhood Cohesion Index Among African American Adolescents Living in Public Housing: An

Melissa L Villodas1, Von E Nebbitt2, Margaret Lombe3

  • 1University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research
|July 17, 2023
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