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Review
. 2007 Jun;92(6):479-82.
doi: 10.1136/adc.2005.086322.

Intercountry adoption

Mary Mather  1
Affiliations
Review

Intercountry adoption

Mary Mather. Arch Dis Child. 2007 Jun.

Abstract

More research is needed on the long‐term outcomes of children adopted from other countries

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None.

References

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