Impacts of the duration of Head Start enrollment on children's academic outcomes: Moderation effects of family risk factors and earlier outcomes

Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 698-716

  Lee, Kyunghee ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79959921793     PISSN: 00904392     EISSN: 15206629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcop.20462     Document Type: Article

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