International adopters and their children: Birth culture ties

Gender Issues

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 3-30

  Scroggs, Patricia Hanigan ^a   Heitfield, Heather ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF STATE   (United States)

^b American University s School of Public Affairs   (United States)

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EID: 32144441876     PISSN: 1098092X     EISSN: 19364717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12147-001-1005-6     Document Type: Article

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