Activity Level, Organization, and Social-Emotional Behaviors in Post-Institutionalized Children

Adoption Quarterly

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 43-57

  Kadlec, Mary Beth ^a   Cermak, Sharon A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention deficit disorder; International adoption; Orphanage; Romania

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013070879     PISSN: 10926755     EISSN: 1544452X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J145v06n02_04     Document Type: Article

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