The international adoption project: Population-based surveillance of minnesota parents who adopted children internationally

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 162-171

  Hellerstedt, Wendy L ^a   Madsen, Nikki J ^b,d   Gunnar, Megan R ^b   Grotevant, Harold D ^b   Lee, Richard M ^b   Johnson, Dana E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Pro Choice Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Child health; Families; International; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; MALE; MIGRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTAL MAIL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ASIA; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; PARENTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 38549170960     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-007-0237-9     Document Type: Article

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