Ethnographic case study: Bofi foragers and farmers – case studies on the determinants of parenting behavior and early childhood experiences

Formative Experiences: The Interaction of Caregiving, Culture, and Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 170-183

  Fouts, Hillary N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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EID: 84928084976     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511711879.012     Document Type: Chapter

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