Parental substance misuse and child welfare: Outcomes for children two years after referral

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1518-1535

  Forrester, Donald ^a   Harwin, Judith ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Social Work ^*

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Child protection; Children in care; Drugs

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849111935     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcm051     Document Type: Article

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