Does universally accessible child care protect children from late talking? Results from a Norwegian population-based prospective study

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 181, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1007-1019

  Lekhal, Ratib ^a   Zachrisson, Henrik Daae ^a   Wang, Mari Vaage ^a   Schjølberg, Synnve ^a   von Soest, Tilmann ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Kindergarten; Language delay; Late talking; Population based prospective cohort study; Universal child care

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961235829     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2010.508558     Document Type: Article

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