Use of residential care in Europe for children aged under three: Some lessons from neurobiology

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1381-1392

  Bilson, Andy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Europe; Neurobiology; Residential care

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350514988     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcp076     Document Type: Review

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