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African Immigrant Women and Intimate Violence: Issues, Implications and Future Directions

Dating Violence and African Immigrant Youth

Pages 18-32 | Received 18 Apr 2014, Accepted 30 Jan 2015, Published online: 31 Dec 2015

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