Influence of structural features on Portuguese toddler child care quality

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 204-214

  Pessanha, Manuela ^a   Aguiar, Cecília ^b   Bairrão, Joaquim ^b  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Child care; Quality; Structural features; Toddler

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547917252     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2007.02.003     Document Type: Article

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