Child care providers' experiences caring for sick children: Implications for public policy

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-8

  Heymann, S Jody ^a   Vo, Phuong Hong ^a   Bergstrom, Cara A ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care providers; Public policy; Sick child care; Sick children

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349088695     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430210881     Document Type: Article

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