Key Issues in Adoption Legislation: A Call for Research

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 145-157

  Daly, Kerry J ^a   Sobol, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

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EID: 0031487405     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: 15409635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J002v25n03_02     Document Type: Article

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