Changes in first entry to out-of-home care from 1992 to 2012 among children in England

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 51, Issue , 2016, Pages 163-171

  Mc Grath Lone, Louise ^a,d   Dearden, Lorraine ^a,b   Nasim, Bilal ^a,b   Harron, Katie ^c   Gilbert, Ruth ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foster care; Looked after children; Out of home care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; ETHNICITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUP; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE;

EID: 84952863913     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2015.10.020     Document Type: Article

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