A comparative study of child welfare adoptions with other types of adopted children and birth children

Adoption Quarterly

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1-30

  Howard, Jeanne A ^a   Smith, Susan Livingston ^a   Ryan, Scott D ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child welfare adoption; Infant adoption; International adoption

Indexed keywords

EID: 18944392981     PISSN: 10926755     EISSN: 1544452X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J145v07n03_01     Document Type: Article

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