Predicting family reunification, adoption, and subsidized guardianship among adolescents in foster care.
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1939-0025,0002-9432
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.2010.01045.x