Birth Fathers’ Lives after Adoption

Adoption and Fostering

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 50-59

  Clapton, Gary ^a  

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Author keywords

adoption; birth fathers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937336149     PISSN: 03085759     EISSN: 1740469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030857590102500407     Document Type: Article

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