Foster children: Risk factors and development at a preschool age

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-42

  Dumaret, A C ^a   Duyme, M ^b   Tomkiewicz, S ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Abuse and neglect; At risk children; Behaviour; Foster care; IQ

Indexed keywords

EID: 5844382270     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300443971340102     Document Type: Article

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