Finnish children in foster care: Evaluating the breakdown of long-term placements

Child Welfare

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 513-527

  Kalland, Mirjam ^a   Sinkkonen, Jari ^a  

^a SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOSTER HOME CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035465441     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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