Jack Tizard Memorial Lecture: Children's Understanding of Inheritance and Family

Child Psychology and Psychiatry Review

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 2-8

  Richards, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

children; concepts of family; concepts of inheritance; family; Inheritance

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012510229     PISSN: 13606417     EISSN: 14753588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1360641799002130     Document Type: Article

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