The gap: Parental knowledge about daycare

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 172, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 635-642

  Shpancer, Noam ^a   Bowden, Jessica M ^a   Ferrell, Melanie A ^a   Pavlik, Stacy F ^a   Robinson, Morgan N ^a   Schwind, Jennifer L ^a   Volpe, Erica K ^a   Williams, Laurie M ^a   Young, Jessica N ^a  

^a OTTERBEIN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Daycare; Parental knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149497133     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430215108     Document Type: Article

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