Child maltreatment and foster care: Unpacking the effects of prenatal and postnatal parental substance use

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 150-160

  Smith, Dana K ^a   Johnson, Amber B ^a   Pears, Katherine C ^a   Fisher, Philip A ^a   DeGarmo, David S ^a  

^a OREGON SOCIAL LEARNING CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment; Foster care; Postnatal exposure; Prenatal exposure; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 34247382836     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: 15526119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559507300129     Document Type: Article

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