Cognitive, educational and self-support outcomes of long-term foster care versus adoption. A Swedish national cohort study

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1902-1910

  Vinnerljung, Bo ^a,b   Hjern, Anders ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adoption; Cognitive; Cohort study; Education; Foster care; Self support

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052165286     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.05.016     Document Type: Article

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