VIII. The situation for children without parental care and strategies for policy change

Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 190-222

  Engle, Patrice L ^a   Groza, Victor K ^a   Groark, Christina J ^a   Greenberg, Aaron ^a   Bunkers, Kelley McCreery ^a   Muhamedrahimov, Rifkat J ^a  

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EID: 84857712494     PISSN: 0037976X     EISSN: 15405834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5834.2011.00633.x     Document Type: Article

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