Constructing interracial families through intercountry adoption

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1207-1224

  Ishizawa, Hiromi ^a   Kenney, Catherine T ^a   Kubo, Kazuyo ^a   Stevens, Gillian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 33750921454     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2006.00424.x     Document Type: Article

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