Culture and Infancy

Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Infant Development, Second Edition

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 623-649

  Super, Charles M ^a   Harkness, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Conclusions and Future Directions; Culture and Infancy; Culture and Neonatal Development; Culture in Developmental Research; Infant Development beyond the Neonatal Period

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887109751     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444327564.ch21     Document Type: Chapter

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