The Cultural Context of Infant Caregiving

Childhood Education

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 2-8

  Bhavnagri, Navaz Peshotan ^a   Gonzalez Mena, Janet ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Napa Valley College   (United States)

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EID: 52549124498     PISSN: 00094056     EISSN: 21620725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00094056.1997.10521906     Document Type: Article

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