Overlooked: Children with disabilities in residential care

Child Welfare

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 111-136

  Trout, Alexandra L ^a   Casey, Kathryn ^a   Chmelka, M Beth ^b   DeSalvo, Catherine ^c   Reid, Robert ^a   Epstein, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b Boys Town   (United States)

^c Father Flanagan' S Boy's Home   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; ORPHANAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; DISABLED CHILDREN; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEBRASKA; ORPHANAGES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 70350492508     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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