Mental health need and service use among Latino children of immigrants in the child welfare system

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1373-1379

  Dettlaff, Alan J ^a   Cardoso, Jodi Berger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Children; Immigrants; Latinos; Mental health; National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well being (NSCAW)

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955717988     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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