Adoptions, 2000-2001

Adoption Quarterly

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 23-43

  Flango, Victor E ^a   Caskey, Mary M ^b  

^a National Center for State Courts   (United States)

^b VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption numbers; Adoption trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751096463     PISSN: 10926755     EISSN: 1544452X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J145v08n04_02     Document Type: Article

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