Predictors of foster care exits to permanency: A competing risks analysis of reunification, guardianship, and adoption

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 999-1011

  Akin, Becci A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Child welfare; Foster care; Guardianship; Permanency; Reunification

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954623576     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.01.008     Document Type: Article

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