A European Survey of the Number and Characteristics of Children Less than Three Years Old in Residential Care at Risk of Harm

Adoption and Fostering

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 23-33

  Browne, Kevin ^a   Hamilton Giachritsis, Catherine ^a   Johnson, Rebecca ^a   Chou, Shihning ^a   Ostergren, Mikael ^b   Leth, Ingrid ^c   Agathonos Georgopoulou, Helen ^d   Anaut, Marie ^e   Herczog, Maria ^f   Keller Hamela, Maria ^g   Klimácková, Anna ^h   Stan, Violeta ⁱ   Zeytinoglu, Sezen ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d Institute of Child Health   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^f National Institute of Criminology   (Hungary)

^g Nobody s Children Foundation   (Poland)

^h National Gender Centre   (Slovakia)

ⁱ Ovidiu Foundation   (Romania)

^j EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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Author keywords

institutions; residential care; risk of harm; young children

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644756183     PISSN: 03085759     EISSN: 1740469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030857590502900405     Document Type: Article

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