Home and school density effects on elementary school children: The role of spatial density

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 566-578

  Maxwell, Lorraine E ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Density; Gender differences; Home; Schools

Indexed keywords

CHILD;

EID: 0041811666     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916503035004007     Document Type: Article

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