Information disclosure and openness in adoption: State policy and empirical evidence

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 57-85

  Avery, Rosemary J ^a  

^a the Bronfenbrenner Life Course Center   (United States)

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EID: 0031614107     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0190-7409(97)00067-4     Document Type: Article

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