The effects of poverty on child health and development

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue , 1997, Pages 463-483

  Aber, J Lawrence ^a   Bennett, Neil G ^a   Conley, Dalton C ^b   Li, Jiali ^a  

^a Columbia University School of Public Health Natl Center for Children in Poverty ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

child morbidity; cognitive development; infant mortality; poverty; poverty measurement

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COGNITION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0030895685     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.18.1.463     Document Type: Review

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