Adult health and social outcomes of children who have been in public care: population-based study

Pediatrics

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 894-899

  Viner, Russell M ^a,b   Taylor, Brent ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foster care; Population health; Psychiatric disorders; Public health; Public policy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; CRIME; ETHNIC GROUP; FOSTER CARE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CRIME; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 23244459869     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-1311     Document Type: Article

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