Child well-being in kinship foster care: Similar to, or different from, non-related foster care?

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 369-388

  Altshuler, Sandra J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 0032090444     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0190-7409(98)00013-9     Document Type: Article

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