Unaccompanied minors in the Netherlands and the care facility in which they flourish best

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 587-596

  Kalverboer, Margrite ^a   Zijlstra, Elianne ^a   van Os, Carla ^a   Zevulun, Daniëlle ^a   ten Brummelaar, Mijntje ^a   Beltman, Daan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

care facilities; child rearing environment; foster care; home; separated children; unaccompanied minors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHILD; CHILD REARING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; FOSTER CARE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCIENTIST; WELLBEING;

EID: 84959449183     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cfs.12272     Document Type: Article

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