Head start, Poor children, and their families

Journal of Poverty

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 1-22

  Caputo, Richard K ^a  

^a BARRY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85010488548     PISSN: 10875549     EISSN: 15407608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J134v02n02_01     Document Type: Article

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