Fathers' participation in childcare within Navajo Indian families

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-74

  Hossain, Ziarat ^a   Chew, Beverly ^a   Swilling, Sheryl ^b   Brown, Sally ^b   Michaelis, Marcia ^b   Philips, Sheila ^b  

^a FORT LEWIS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ADAMS STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Father; Navajo Indian

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039058179     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0030443991540106     Document Type: Article

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