A longitudinal study of family structure and size and adoption outcomes

Adoption Quarterly

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-56

  Barth, Richard P ^a   Brooks, Devon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption outcomes; Birth and adopted siblings; Family size

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937266231     PISSN: 10926755     EISSN: 1544452X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J145v01n01_03     Document Type: Article

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