Effectiveness of out-of-home day care for disadvantaged families: Randomised controlled trial

British Medical Journal

Volumn 327, Issue 7420, 2003, Pages 906-909

  Toroyan, Tami ^a   Roberts, Ian ^a   Oakley, Ann ^b   Laing, Gabrielle ^d   Mugford, Miranda ^c   Frost, Chris ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d City and Hackney Teaching Primary Care Trust   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; DAY CARE; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; MOTHER; OTITIS MEDIA; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; LONDON; MOTHERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 0142105919     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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