Disability pension among adult former child welfare clients: A Swedish national cohort study

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 56, Issue , 2015, Pages 169-176

  Vinnerljung, Bo ^a   Brännström, Lars ^a   Hjern, Anders ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Cohort study; Disability pension; Foster care; Longitudinal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938283421     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2015.07.001     Document Type: Article

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