Child care in infancy and cognitive performance until middle childhood in the millennium cohort study

Child Development

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1191-1208

  Côté, Sylvana M ^a   Doyle, Orla ^b   Petitclerc, Amélie ^c   Timmins, Lori ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 84880338812     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12049     Document Type: Article

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