The emotional quality of childcare centers in Israel: The Haifa study of early childcare

Infant Mental Health Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 110-126

  Koren Karie, Nina ^a   Sagi Schwartz, Abraham ^a   Egoz Mizrachi, Noa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH CARE; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONALITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; ISRAEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAFF TRAINING;

EID: 33644635940     PISSN: 01639641     EISSN: 10970355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/imhj.20039     Document Type: Article

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