The well-being of U.S. children adopted from foster care, privately from the United States and internationally

Adoption Quarterly

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 157-184

  Vandivere, Sharon ^a   McKlindon, Amy ^a  

^a CHILD TRENDS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Child well being; National survey of adoptive parents

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650086876     PISSN: 10926755     EISSN: 1544452X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10926755.2010.524871     Document Type: Article

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