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The cost of school holidays for children from low income families. / Stewart, Hilary; Watson, Nick; Campbell, Mhairi.
In: Childhood, Vol. 25, No. 4, 01.11.2018, p. 516-529.

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Stewart, H, Watson, N & Campbell, M 2018, 'The cost of school holidays for children from low income families', Childhood, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 516-529. https://doi.org/10.1177/0907568218779130

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Stewart, H., Watson, N., & Campbell, M. (2018). The cost of school holidays for children from low income families. Childhood, 25(4), 516-529. https://doi.org/10.1177/0907568218779130

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Stewart H, Watson N, Campbell M. The cost of school holidays for children from low income families. Childhood. 2018 Nov 1;25(4):516-529. Epub 2018 May 31. doi: 10.1177/0907568218779130

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Stewart, Hilary ; Watson, Nick ; Campbell, Mhairi. / The cost of school holidays for children from low income families. In: Childhood. 2018 ; Vol. 25, No. 4. pp. 516-529.

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