Patterns of child fosterage in rural northern Thailand

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 333-350

  Taylor, Lisa Rende ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOPTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIVORCE; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; PARENT; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; THAILAND;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; THAILAND;

EID: 18744408137     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932004006790     Document Type: Article

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