Educational and health outcomes of schoolchildren in local authority care in Scotland: A retrospective record linkage study.
<h4>Background</h4>Looked after children are defined as children who are in the care of their local authority. Previous studies have reported that looked after children have poorer mental and physical health, increased behavioural problems, and increased self-harm and mortality compared...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2021-11-01
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| Series: | PLoS Medicine |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003832 |