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Caregiver-Environment Scale: Assessing the Quality of Center-Based Infant Care

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  1. Department of Education and Allied Professions, Western Carolina University, 214 Killian Building, Cullowhee, North Carolina, 28723

    Thomas A. Oren

  2. Department of Educational and School Psychology and Special Education, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

    Kathy L. Ruhl

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Oren, T.A., Ruhl, K.L. Caregiver-Environment Scale: Assessing the Quality of Center-Based Infant Care. Early Childhood Education Journal 28, 133–138 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009559706723

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