Journal of Pediatric Health Care
Volume 23, Issue 5 , Pages 289-297 , September 2009

Promoting Child Development and Behavioral Health: Family Child Care Providers' Perspectives

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 Project support was provided by the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2008.08.001

Journal of Pediatric Health Care
Volume 23, Issue 5 , Pages 289-297 , September 2009