Support services for vulnerable families with young children

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 351-358

  Armstrong, Clare ^b   Hill, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 84937343444     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2206.2001.00221.x     Document Type: Review

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