Spoon Handling in Two- to Four-Year-Old Children

Ecological Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 113-129

  Steenbergen, B ^a   Van Der Kamp, J ^b   Smitsman, A W ^a   Carson, R G ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 2542524768     PISSN: 10407413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326969eco0902_1     Document Type: Article

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