The early home environment and developmental outcomes for young children in the child welfare system

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1392-1403

  Harden, Brenda Jones ^a   Whittaker, Jessica Vick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment; Developmental outcomes; Foster care; Home environment; Infancy; Preschool

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957648825     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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