Infants entering foster care compared to other infants using birth status indicators

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1179-1187

  Needell, Barbara ^a   Barth, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth status; Foster care; Infants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD ABUSE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SINGLE PARENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, UNWANTED; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MATERNAL AGE; POVERTY; PRENATAL CARE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031741898     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2134(98)00096-9     Document Type: Article

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