Do integrated children's services improve children's outcomes?: Evidence from england's children's trust pathfinders

Children and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 320-335

  O'Brien, Margaret ^a   Bachmann, Max O ^b   Jones, Natalia R ^a   Reading, Richard ^b   Thoburn, June ^a   Husbands, Chris ^c   Shreeve, Ann ^d   Watson, Jacqueline ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d School of Education and Lifelong Learning   (United Arab Emirates)

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EID: 68949157077     PISSN: 09510605     EISSN: 10990860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1099-0860.2009.00229.x     Document Type: Article

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