The effects of daycare: Persistent questions, elusive answers

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 227-237

  Shpancer, Noam ^a  

^a OTTERBEIN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Daycare effects; Science policy relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747053891     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2006.04.006     Document Type: Article

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