Center care and education in Bahrain: Does it benefit children's development?

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-87

  Hadeed, Julie ^a   Sylva, Kathy ^b  

^a Bahrain Society for Child Development   (Bahrain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bahrain; Benefits; Centre care; Education

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645690508     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300443991570105     Document Type: Article

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