The family-child-care mesosystem

Families Count: Effects on Child and Adolescent Development

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 155-176

  McCartney, Kathleen ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 76449099357     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511616259.008     Document Type: Chapter

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