Children who run away from foster care: Who are the children and what are the risk factors?

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 807-813

  Lin, Ching Hsuan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Foster care; Foster children; Running away

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862831064     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.01.009     Document Type: Article

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