Predictors of exit type and length of stay in non-kinship family foster care - The German experience

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1211-1222

  van Santen, Eric ^a  

^a GERMAN YOUTH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Exit type; Foster care; Independence; Length of stay; Reunification

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955709780     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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