Child-to-Teacher Ratio and Day Care Teacher Sickeness Absenteeism

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Child-to-Teacher Ratio and Day Care Teacher Sickeness Absenteeism. / Gørtz, Mette; Andersson, Elvira.

In: Health Economics, Vol. 23, No. 12, 2014, p. 1430-1442.

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Gørtz, M & Andersson, E 2014, 'Child-to-Teacher Ratio and Day Care Teacher Sickeness Absenteeism', Health Economics, vol. 23, no. 12, pp. 1430-1442. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.2994

APA

Gørtz, M., & Andersson, E. (2014). Child-to-Teacher Ratio and Day Care Teacher Sickeness Absenteeism. Health Economics, 23(12), 1430-1442. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.2994

Vancouver

Gørtz M, Andersson E. Child-to-Teacher Ratio and Day Care Teacher Sickeness Absenteeism. Health Economics. 2014;23(12):1430-1442. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.2994

Author

Gørtz, Mette ; Andersson, Elvira. / Child-to-Teacher Ratio and Day Care Teacher Sickeness Absenteeism. In: Health Economics. 2014 ; Vol. 23, No. 12. pp. 1430-1442.

Bibtex

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