Risky beginnings: Low maternal intelligence as a risk factor for children's intellectual development

Infants and Young Children

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 11-23

  Kelly, Jean F ^a   Morisset, Colleen E ^a   Barnard, Kathryn E ^a   Patterson, Diana L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Early intervention; Environmental risk; Maternal cognitive deficits

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030328587     PISSN: 08963746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001163-199601000-00004     Document Type: Article

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