Urban American Indian/Alaskan Natives compared to non-indians in out-of-home care

Child Welfare

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-58

  Carter, Vernon B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOLISM; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RACE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALASKA; ALCOHOLISM; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; GROUP HOMES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; POVERTY; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 80052677592     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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