Child care in Quebec: Access to a universal program

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 451-455

  Kohen, Dafna ^a,b   Dahinten, V Susan ^c   Khan, Saeeda ^a   Hertzman, Clyde ^c  

^a STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access; Child care; Provinces; Quebec; Universal

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149479647     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403774     Document Type: Article

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