The regulatory status of center-based infant and toddler child care

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 535-544

  Young, Kathryn Taaffe ^a   Marsland, Katherine White ^b   Zigler, Edward ^b  

^a Commonwealth Fund ^*  (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRAINING;

EID: 0030690446     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0085084     Document Type: Article

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