Child care quality and children's cortisol in Basque Country and the Netherlands

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 339-347

  Vermeer, Harriet J ^a   Groeneveld, Marleen G ^a   Larrea, Inãki ^b   van IJzendoorn, Marinus H ^a   Barandiaran, Alexander ^b   Linting, Mariëlle ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MONDRAGON UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Child care quality; Salivary cortisol; Spanish Basque Country; The Netherlands; Toddlers

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954542066     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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