Unwanted infants: Psychological and physical consequences of inadequate orphanage care 50 years later

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-12

  Sigal, John J ^a   Perry, J Christopher ^a   Rossignol, Michel ^b   Ouimet, Marie Claude ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD CARE; CHILD WELFARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; ORPHANAGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; STRESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOM ALLOCATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0037943911     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.73.1.3     Document Type: Article

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