Quality and day care: What do children have to say?

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-66

  Hoskins, Marie L ^a   Pence, Alan ^a   Chambers, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children's views; Daycare; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149072554     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300443991570104     Document Type: Article

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