Variants of Open Adoptions: The Early Years

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 19-42

  Gross, Harriet E ^a  

^a GOVERNORS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031535873     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: 15409635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J002v25n01_03     Document Type: Article

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