Mother's welfare and work income and reunification with children in foster care

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 203-224

  Wells, Kathleen ^a   Guo, Shenyang ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0037343745     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0190-7409(03)00003-3     Document Type: Article

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