The State of Play in Schools

Child Psychology and Psychiatry Review

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 58-67

  Blatchford, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breaktime; friendships; games; play; playgrounds; recess

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247198593     PISSN: 13606417     EISSN: 14753588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-3588.00213     Document Type: Article

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