Understanding communities of neglectful parents: Child caregiving networks and child neglect

Child Welfare

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 277-298

  Roditti, Martha G ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD WELFARE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD CARE; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 18144431752     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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