Early childhood education: Young adult outcomes from the abecedarian project

Applied Developmental Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 42-57

  Campbell, Frances A ^a   Ramey, Craig T ^b   Pungello, Elizabeth ^a   Sparling, Joseph ^a   Miller Johnson, Shari ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 20244372126     PISSN: 10888691     EISSN: 1532480X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S1532480XADS0601_05     Document Type: Article

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