Comparing the health status of low-income children in and out of foster care

Child Welfare

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 367-380

  Hansen, Robin L ^a,c   Mawjee, Fatema Lakhani ^b   Barton, Keith ^b   Metcalf, Mary B ^a   Joye, Nancy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAID; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAID; POVERTY;

EID: 4043111304     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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