Day care quality and child development in Singapore

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-77

  Kwan, Celina ^a   Sylva, Kathy ^b   Reeves, Barnaby ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Day care environment; Day care quality; Early childhood environment; Pre school

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644606444     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300443981440108     Document Type: Article

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