"Care just changes your life": Factors impacting upon the mental health of children and young people with experiences of care in Northern Ireland

Child Care in Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 417-434

  Mullan, Christine ^a   McAlister, Siobhán ^a   Rollock, Fiona ^a   Fitzsimons, Lelia ^a  

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EID: 51249147420     PISSN: 13575279     EISSN: 1476489X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13575270701488865     Document Type: Article

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