Racial disparity in Minnesota's child protection system

Child Welfare

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 5-20

  Johnson, Erik P ^a   Clark, Sonja ^a   Donald, Matthew ^b   Pedersen, Rachel ^c   Pichotta, Catherine ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Bush School   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FOSTER HOME CARE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MINNESOTA; POVERTY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS;

EID: 35348976539     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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