Examining the Emergence of Brain Development Research: The Promises and the Perils

Childhood Education

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 8-12

  Puckett, Margaret ^a   Marshall, Carol Sue ^b   Davis, Ruth ^c  

^a TEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 18544363338     PISSN: 00094056     EISSN: 21620725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00094056.1999.10522062     Document Type: Article

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