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Emotional Strain in Caregiving Among African American Grandmothers Raising Their Grandchildren

Francine Conway Derner Institute, Adelphi University, Garden City, NYCorrespondence[email protected]
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Samuel Jones Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY
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Amandia Speakes-Lewis Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY
Pages 113-128 | Published online: 29 Apr 2011

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