Sure start local programmes: Implications of case study data from the national evaluation of sure start

Children and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 158-171

  Tunstill, Jane ^a   Allnock, Debbie ^b   Akhurst, Sofie ^b   Garbers, Claudia ^b   Anning, A ^c   Ball, M ^c   Barnes, J ^c   Belsky, J ^c   Botting, B ^c   Frost, M ^c   Kurtz, Z ^c   Leyland, A ^c   Meadows, P ^c   Melhuish, E ^c   Tunstill, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

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EID: 17444432575     PISSN: 09510605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chi.864     Document Type: Article

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