Parental characteristics associated with childcare use during the first 4 years of life: Results from a representative cohort of Québec families

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 76-80

  Geoffroy, Marie Claude ^a   Séguin, Jean Richard ^b,c   Lacourse, Éric ^b,c   Boivin, Michel ^d   Tremblay, Richard Ernest ^b,c,e,f   Côté, Sylvana Marie ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^e Universite Paris Sud   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Child daycare centres; Health literacy; Socio economic factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856191441     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404073     Document Type: Article

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