Mental and physical health of children in foster care

Pediatrics

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Turney, Kristin ^a   Wildeman, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; AGE; CHILD WELFARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FAMILY RELATION; HEALTH STATUS; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84994876226     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2016-1118     Document Type: Article

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