Intercountry adoption: An international perspective on the practice and standards

Adoption Quarterly

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 3-32

  Rios Kohn, Rebeca ^a  

^a UNICEF   (United States)

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EID: 84937261332     PISSN: 10926755     EISSN: 1544452X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J145v01n04_02     Document Type: Article

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