School performance in primary school and psychosocial problems in young adulthood among care leavers from long term foster care

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2489-2497

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

^a NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Education; Foster care; Longitudinal; Out of home care; School performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255187839     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.08.024     Document Type: Article

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