The relation of child care to cognitive and language development

Child Development

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 960-980

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AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD CARE; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0034230771     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00202     Document Type: Article

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