Who should care for our kids? the effects of infant child care on early child development

Journal of Children and Poverty

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-45

  Peng, Duan ^a   Robins, Philip K ^b  

^a HSBC Bank   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral development; Child care; Cognitive development; Fragile families and child wellbeing study (ffcw)

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956167801     PISSN: 10796126     EISSN: 14699389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10796120903575085     Document Type: Article

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