The impact of childhood foster care and other out-of-home placement on homeless women and their children

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1057-1068

  Zlotnick, Cheryl ^a,b   Robertson, Marjorie J ^a   Wright, Marguerite A ^b  

^a ALCOHOL RESEARCH GROUP   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Family preservation; Foster care; Homeless; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD WELFARE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ABUSE; FAMILY; FOSTER CARE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL ABUSE;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PARENTING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0032857156     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2134(99)00082-4     Document Type: Article

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