Why should we care about noise in classrooms and child care settings?

Child and Youth Care Forum

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 55-64

  Manlove, Elizabeth E ^a   Frank, Tom ^a   Vernon Feagans, Lynne ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Childcare; Classrooms; Noise; Otitis media

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142165372     PISSN: 10531890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016663520205     Document Type: Article

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