The Development and Care of Institutionally Reared Children

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 174-180

  McCall, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Institutionalized children; Policy; Practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861009081     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-8606.2011.00231.x     Document Type: Article

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