Research and policy on children's play

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 131-136

  Pellegrini, Anthony D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exploration; Function; Life history; Play; Recess

Indexed keywords

EID: 67849121206     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-8606.2009.00092.x     Document Type: Article

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