Kinship care: Health profiles of grandparents raising their grandchildren

Journal of Family Social Work

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-14

  Gibbons, Cynthia ^a   Jones, Teresa C ^b  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grandparent; Grandparent health; Grandparent maintained households; Kinship care

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845494562     PISSN: 10522158     EISSN: 15404072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J039v07n01_01     Document Type: Article

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