Determinants of adoption subsidies

Adoption Quarterly

Volumn 9, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 63-80

  Gibbs, Deborah A ^a   Dalberthis, Barbara T ^a   Berkman, Nancy D ^a   Weitzenkamp, David ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption subsidies; AFCARS

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746551648     PISSN: 10926755     EISSN: 1544452X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J145v09n02_04     Document Type: Article

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