Issues in Transracial Adoption and Foster Care

Adoption Quarterly

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 1-4

  Burrow, Anthony L ^a   Finley, Gordon E ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 3042638531     PISSN: 10926755     EISSN: 1544452X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J145v05n02_01     Document Type: Article

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