Beyond the numbers: How do we monitor the state of our children?

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 603-631

  Ben Arieh, Asher ^a   Goerge, Robert ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 0035429756     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0190-7409(01)00150-5     Document Type: Article

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