Placement Restrictiveness and Educational Achievement among Emancipated Foster

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 213-228

  Mech, Edmund V ^a   Fung, Carrie Che Man ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 0442278221     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104973159900900206     Document Type: Article

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