Child welfare inequalities: new evidence, further questions

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 369-380

  Bywaters, Paul ^a   Brady, Geraldine ^a   Sparks, Tim ^a   Bos, Elizabeth ^a  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

child protection; child welfare; deprivation; health; inequality; looked after children

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEIGHBORHOOD;

EID: 84978861763     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cfs.12154     Document Type: Article

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