Understanding Links Between Birth Parents and the Child They Have Placed for Adoption: Clues for Assisting Adopting Families and for Reducing Genetic Risk?

International Advances in Adoption Research for Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 119-146

  Reiss, David ^a   Leve, Leslie D ^b,c   Whitesel, Amy L ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OREGON SOCIAL LEARNING CENTER   (United States)

^c Center for Research to Practice   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption research; Adoptive parents; Brain systems; Child development; Early growth and development study

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951484035     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470741276.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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