Cultural variations in the play of toddlers

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 321-329

  Göncü, Artin ^a   Mistry, Jayanthi ^b   Mosier, Christine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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EID: 4944248255     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01650250050118303     Document Type: Article

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