Nature and Nurture Lessons from Swedish Adoption Surveys

Adoption and Fostering

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 19-27

  Bohman, Michael ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

adoption; environment; maternal deprivation; prevention; social heredity; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009519751     PISSN: 03085759     EISSN: 1740469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030857599702100206     Document Type: Article

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