What do parents want from day care services? Perspectives from Australia

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 385-393

  Liu, Winnie Puiling ^a   Yeung, Alexander Seeshing ^a   Farmer, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 0041404234     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-2006(01)00108-9     Document Type: Article

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