Academic achievement of students in foster care: Impeded or improved?

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 527-535

  Evans, Larry D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

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EID: 2442558018     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.10179     Document Type: Article

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