The 'First Three Years' Movement and the Infant Brain: A Review of Critiques

Sociology Compass

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 792-804

  Macvarish, Jan ^a   Lee, Ellie ^a   Lowe, Pam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84902585842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17519020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/soc4.12183     Document Type: Article

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