Child care quality: A model for examining relevant variables

Advances in Early Education and Day Care

Volumn 11, Issue , 2001, Pages 59-113

  Essa, Eva L ^a   Burnham, Melissa M ^a  

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EID: 33750509927     PISSN: 02704021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0270-4021(01)80005-7     Document Type: Article

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