Perceptions of Domestic Abuse Among Mexican American and Anglo American Women
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عنوان ژورنال: Explorations in Ethnic Studies
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0730-904X,2576-2915
DOI: 10.1525/ees.1994.17.2.125