The challenge of caring for mildly ill children: A Canadian national childcare study

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 431-448

  Polyzoi, Eleoussa ^a   Babb, Jeff C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Centre care; Emergency childcare; Family childcare; Mildly ill children; Work life interface

Indexed keywords

EID: 5744220794     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-2006(04)00056-0     Document Type: Article

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